"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare"

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice."

"If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name."

"We find that after years of struggle we do not take a journey, but rather a journey takes us."

"And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

"Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of."

"Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."

"I feel sorry for those who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."