Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.

In calm water every ship has a good captain.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

Above all, tell the truth.

A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.

You are born to shine.Carry your light everywhere you go.

He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

In this world, I've got no choice: there is nothing left at all; and you don't notice, but that's all right: you don't know what it's like.

Hey guys! Wish you were here, except not really. We're having fun. Check it out-the pyramids! -Alec and Magnus

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

Of course you keep telling yourself there's something to be learned from everything, and growing old shouldn't be that hard. That's the general drift.

Colour itself is a degree of darkness.