The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
Future : That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.