A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.

The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God.

The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.