Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.