“A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.”

“Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.”

“Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.”

“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”

“If he trips he must be sustained. If he makes mistakes they must be covered. If he sleeps he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good he must be pole-axed”

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”