"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice."

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

"Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong."

"Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years."

"Close your mouth, Michael; we are not a codfish."

"Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself."

"Motherly love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible."

"Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through selfless work."

"It was just a job. It wasn't any special interest in consumer affairs. I needed a paycheck and the Attorney General said that I would be best to go down there, because he knew I was anti-consumer."