"No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair."

"If your children look up to you, you've made a success of life's biggest job."

"In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one."

"It will yet be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible."

"I'm a jerk to everyone. Best way to protect yourself from lawsuits."

"As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task."

"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."

"How much I love every thing that is decided and open!"

"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."

"Nothing is more useful than silence."

"It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer."