"During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"

"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk"

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"

"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15"