I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.