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.

Liberty is its own reward.

There's not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else's brains.

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.

The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics, a mild form of torture that could only be learned by painful processes of drill.

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

His [the President's] office is anything he has the sagacity and force to make it.