"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor"

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

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

"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one"

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"

"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind"

"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"