Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in.

American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.

How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

Hope is a willing slave; despair is free.

I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.

For me--I hold no commerce with despair!

Everything that we have in actual fact does not belong to us, but to God.

In the country, weather is as important as food and sometimes means the difference between life and death.

With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.

Kush rolled, glass full, I prefer the better things.

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.

You may have a plan, but life throws you curve balls. Put God first; his plan is better anyway.

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

The decisions that you make each day can actually catapult you to that next level of achievement.

Confidence tends to minimize the magnitude of the choice.