Americans can be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other options.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

Never give in! Never, never, never, never! Except to convictions of honor or good sense!

Smoking cigars is like falling in love; first you are attracted to its shape; you stay with it for its flavour; and you must always remember never, never let the flame go out.

Democracy is the worst system devised by the wit of man, except for all the others.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

If you mean to profit, learn to please.

When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.