A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public 691
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education 693
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great 1.35K
I’ve come loaded with statistics, for I’ve noticed that a man can’t prove anything without statistics 743
A mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart – a heart so large that everybody’s grief and everybody’s joy found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation 735
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little 608
It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand 657
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt 707