Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.