137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.

It is important, of course, that controversies be settled right, but there are many civil questions which arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled. Of course a settlement of a controversy on a fundamentally wrong principle of law is greatly to be deplored, but there must of necessity be many rules governing the relations between members of the same society that are more important in that their establishment creates a known rule of action than that they proceed on one principle or another. Delay works always for the man with the longest purse.

William Howard Taft

Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Golda Meir

Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.

Plautus

Times of sadness are the very moment to laugh and laugh greatly.

Masaharu Taniguchi

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better.

Jim Rohn

The Leadership Training Institute of America trains and equips young men and women to be leaders with high standards of personal morality and integrity.

Michael Burgess

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

Colin Powell

The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.

Tyne Daly

To love is to destroy. To be loved is to be the destroyed.

Cassandra Clare

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

Edna Ferber

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female.

Jo Brand