Here was a place where real things were going on. Here was a scene of vital action. Here was a place where anything might happen. Here was a place where something would certainly happen. Here I might leave my bones.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

Free speech carries with it the evil of all foolish, unpleasant venomous things that are said but, on the whole, we would rather lump them than do away with them.

No sky is heavy if the heart be light

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.

Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)

Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better.