"There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."

"The greatest country in the world, and we're letting it go to the dogs."

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."

"The commonest superstition is that some people are more superstitious than others."

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in yo…"