"Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof."

"Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for."

"How do you like that guy? Can't run six balls and he's President of the United States."

"There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule."

"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. Sell not liberty to purchase power."

"We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us; and the more we gain, the more is our desire. The more we see, the more we are capable of seeing."

"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves."

"The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife."

"God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends."

"I am wealthy in my friends."