"I try to be the best man I can for the day"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

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

"Do what you do best, and you will succeed"

"Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor"

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

"To be the best, you need the best"

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality"

"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake"

"I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office"