“He who boasts of his descent is like a potato: the best part is underground.”

In great action, men show themselves as they ought to be, in small action as they are.

The more responsibilities a man assumes, the more likely he is to meet them.

There’s no fun in physics, but a good deal of physics in fun.

As Maine goes, so goes the nation.

Don’t jump from the frying pan into the fire.

There’s more than one way to beat the devil around the bush.

There’s a pot gold at the end of the rainbow.

If a man is right, he cannot be too radical; if wrong, he cannot be too conservative.

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

There must be a first time for everything.

If he’s your flatterer, he can’t be your friend.

I’d rather be red than dead.

Adversity has no friends.

A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.

There is only one blasphemy, and that is injustice.

If luck is with you, even your ox will give birth to a calf.