Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

We dream of having a clean house — but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning?

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

The funny thing about Thanksgiving ,or any big meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it then go home and cook, chop, braise and blanch. Then it’s gone in 20 minutes and everybody lies around sort of in a sugar coma and then it takes 4 hours to clean it up.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.