We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.