The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.