Ah, heavens and earth, friend, if you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor that you could to-day.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.

This poor little one-horse town.

The preacher who casts a vote for conscience' sake, runs the risk of starving.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.