I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.

And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.

If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters.