Violence is just, where kindness is vain.
The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
What a man accomplishes in a day depends upon the way in which he approaches his tasks. When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. When we do our work with a dynamic conquering spirit, we get things done.
Let no one 'til his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work Until the day's out, and the labor done: Then bring your gauges.
She was born in the year of our Lord only knows. The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless, peacocks and lilies for instance.
Each morning sees some task begin, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.
All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.
The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character.
Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.
The good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.
Gray hair is God's graffiti.
Birds of a feather will flock together.
I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.
The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for 5 days.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.