A friendship formed in childhood, in youth,--by happy accident at any stage of rising manhood,--becomes the genius that rules the rest of life.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Once you start questioning your beliefs, that's when it's all over. It is truly doubt that kills our conviction.

I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said

Whoever you meet in your journey of life, enlighten them with the light of your love and kindness.

Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.

I never let anyone pluck, including myself, unless my mom approves. She guards my eyebrows. She's like the eyebrow police!

The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government.

Believe everything you read

All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.

The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.

I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.