The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.