"We ask advice, but we mean approbation."

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others."

"Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console."

"The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education."

"I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work."

"Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed."

"The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words."