A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.

It is imperative that we should not only master them, but also act upon them, and act very definitely.

An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of Democracy

Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.

We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.

A man has deprived himself of the best there is in the world who has deprived himself of this.