It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Fresh clean sheets are one of life's small joys.
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.