That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
None are so busy as the fool and knave.
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.