"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare"

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time."

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty.'"

"The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the cropsa€”no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"If we have need of a strong will in order to do good, it is still more necessary for us in order not to do evil."

"I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar."

"Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."

"Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough."

"If a rhinoceros were to enter this resteraunt now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I would be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever."