"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"Put out the light."

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."

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

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

"I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another."

"You are only as wise as others perceive you to be."

"The conqueror and king in each of us is the Knower of truth. Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen."

"A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done."

"Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent."

"How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese."