Even a ship can become a prison if all you see around you are bars.

He’d often ignored his uncle’s teachings about gentlemanly behavior, but one stricture he’d always abided by: no man worth his salt took advantage of a woman.

The best way to honor the dead was by making their passing useful to the living.

Kind words change the world.

Don't fill your breath with bitterness.

Get to know the right, then you would know the people of right. Right Is not measured by its men, but men are measured by their right.

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless.

I don't like to see facts twisted, untruths fabricated to give the [Supreme Court] nominee a black eye, even before he comes before Senate committee.

A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not.

The greater the penalties laid on sellers in the black market... the higher the black market price.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite