One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in Liquidity.

And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time.

We are the people our parents warned us about.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

If there's a power above us, he must delight in virtue.

Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

Shun security.

Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it?

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

Comment is free but facts are sacred.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Remember Lot's wife.

With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, And spades, the emblems of untimely graves.