This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
History: a collection of epitaphs.
A college degree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it.
One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
Opportunities for education should be within the reach of every individual, not for the lucky few.
When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.
Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!
Nothing is permanent but change.
Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.