Love in France is a comedy in England a tragedy in Italy an opera seria and in Germany a melodrama.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.

Happiness consists not in having much but in being content with little.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

Genius is the gold in the mine talent is the miner that works and brings it out.

Borrowed thoughts like borrowed money only show the poverty of the borrower.

Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached but great men resemble them not in this particular.

The first rule of truly living is to do the things you're most afraid of.

One must look for one thing only, to find many.

Prayer is innocence's friend; and willingly flieth incessant 'twist the earth and the sky, the carrier-pigeon of heaven.

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.

The only people that a bank will loan money to is the very people who don't need it.

Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.

My piece in One World or None was the description of the effect of a single atomic bomb on New York City.

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

What you see on the field is my job.

The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff.