"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." "People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be." Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

"This is true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish, little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." "He who knows, does. He who doesn't, teaches."

"I like a man who grins when he fights." "A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal." "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." "Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on." "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." "The price of greatness is responsibility"