Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

- William Howard Taft

The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.

- William Howard Taft

The secret of Masonry, like the secret of life, can be known only by those who seek it, serve it, live it. It cannot be uttered; it can only be felt …

- William Howard Taft

Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.

- William Howard Taft

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

- William Howard Taft

The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the p…

- William Howard Taft

I don't know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that's by the Constitution.

- William Howard Taft

If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won't then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.

- William Howard Taft

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

- William Howard Taft