There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.
The planter the farmer the mechanic and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.
Marriage is a great institution.
Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.
There is no greater glory than love nor any great punishment than jealously.
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life no matter what else there is it's not enough.
The harder the struggle the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it under any circumstances lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies but just as much to stand up to our friends.