"Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world."

"No man can be a complete master of himself who is not also master of his environment."

"The only way to get a thing done is to do it yourself."

"I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character."

"If you want to make enemies, try to change something. To do things to-day exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking. It does not cost you anything. You have acquired the habit; you know th…"