"I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them."

"Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profiteth others and ourselves."

"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."

"Whatever the struggle continue the climb it may be only one step to the summit."

"I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare."

"Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue."

"We can forgive you for killing our sons. But we will never forgive you for making us kill yours."

"The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places."

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

"We鈥檇 forgive most things if we knew the facts."

"NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life."

"[When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can."