I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.
I am not the president; instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.
Willingness to learn is the mark of a youthful mind.
The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision.