“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.”

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.

It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Grief is a species of idleness.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

The future is purchased by the present.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans , then don’t go to war.

Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.

We cannot afford four more years of a president who rejects science.

You could afford your house without the government if it weren’t for the government.

Republican leadership has endless amounts of money for bloated military budgets and tax breaks for billionaires. But when working families need help, oh my God, we can’t afford it!

If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.

So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation can afford to be satisfied.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.