Whether women are better than men I cannot say—but I can say they are certainly no worse.

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

One can acquire everything in solitude—except character.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness for the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."