"When I say beautiful things, I'm not necessarily living them; when I live them, the beautiful thing is that words aren't necessary."

"Democracy works. Against us."

"There are two things I know about life... Only the good die young but the real jerks will live forever."

"Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so."

"I had rather have a fool make me merry, than experience make me sad."

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

"Among the individuals, as well as among nations, respecting the other people's rights leads to peace. (Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la Paz.)"

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

"Doubt is a feeling too lonely to know that faith is its twin."

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."