Wisdom

Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed.

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them.

CALMNESS of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed rather than what I wanted.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

The Cabinet, in a word, is a board of control chosen by the legislature, out of persons whom it trusts and knows, to rule the nation.

Time, which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things, hath yet spared these minor monuments.

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea.

But a conflict of forces requires nothing so much as brave men; and of these, I believe, the larger number is with us, and with those who share our danger.

My own belief is that our cause, the cause of justice, and its supporters, will prove stronger in every emergency than the traitor and the foreigner.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

The true wisdom of life consists in seeing the extraordinary in the common

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career

It is impossible to open a book without learning something

A wise man seeks Wisdom; a madman thinks that he has found it