Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away.

Things do not get better by being left alone.

The short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.

The person must be blind, indeed, who can not see, that here on earth a great project, a great plan, is executed, may work on the realization of which we participate as faithful servants.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.