He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.
When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.
Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language, and having the principles for which they struggled confided to your care, allow them to be violated in your hands?
My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good?