“The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.”

“The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.”

“A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.”

“In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.”

“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.”

“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.”

“Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.”