Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head.
Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him.
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
Men do not fail; they stop trying.
I think my biggest achievement is that after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane. I'm proud of that.
I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
I pay the School Master, but 'tis the school boys that educate my son.
Very few men, properly speaking, live at present, but are providing to live another time.
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.
Love is not what we become but who we already are.
The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.
He that is not jealous is not in love.
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.
The best contraceptive for old people is nudity.
It takes twenty years to make an overnight success.
Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
I began to have an idea of my life, not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.
Marriage is like a violin. After the beautiful music is over, the strings are still attached.
I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.