Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

Liars make the best promises.

... the appreciation of pleasure can be an anchor of one's humanity.

Every great move forward in your life begins with a leap of faith, a step into the unknown.

Hurry up, mundie boy, we've got work to do.

The forces that affect our lives, the influences that mold and shape us, are often like whispers in a different room, teasingly indistinct, apprehended only with difficulty.

Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep.

I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign.

Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it's against nature.

A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.