This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love and keep modest as a giver.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one and not to strive towards it.

Give us that grand word "woman" once again and let's have done with "lady", one's a term full of fine force strong beautiful and firm fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen, and one's a word for lackeys.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye and you will be drawn toward it.

If he have faith the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.

When you come to a fork in the road take it.

Young men soon give and soon forget affronts Old age is slow in both

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