Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about... If you want to get along, go along.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws.

There's no education in the second kick of a mule

Poverty only tries men's souls. It is loneliness that breaks the heart.

There are no degrees in honorableness. You either are or you aren't.

If you want to get along, go along.

Only those who are eager to get lost in the wilderness of life’s beauty can find a meaningful life.

Sometimes it is worth taking a risk, no matter what the consequences.

Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.

I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it.

Don't stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don't forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.

I sometimes read books on my iPad.

Once you know what it means to choose in favor of yourself, there is no power in the universe that can make you choose against yourself.

Memory is a swindler, a forger emeritus of facts and figures.