Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.

I am not much of a mathematician, said the cigarette, but I can add to a man's nervous troubles, I can subtract from his physical energy, I can multiply his aches and pains, I can divide his mental powers, I take interest from his work, and discount his chances for success.

Our country is now at war and the only way out is forward. I would not change one word I have spoken against war but that is no longer the issue. We must now stand together.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. This is the motto of the exploiter. Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down. This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future.

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for

Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.

There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next virtue is doing it.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.