It is a great mistake to suppose that thrift is caused only by fear; it springs from hope as well as from fear; where there is no hope, be sure there will be no thrift.

All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal

Victory will never be found by taking the path of least resistance.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path.

How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is a fateful fatalistic apathy.

Expert knowledge is limited knowledge