"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. Sell not liberty to purchase power."

"It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man."

"Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices."

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

"He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue."

"Dost thou love life? Than do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of."

"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over."

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps."

"I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't."

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

"I like my women like I like my coffee. In a plastic cup."

"An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications."