Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.

Words lead to deeds.... They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not Guilty."

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.