A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.