There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. – Anton Chekhov
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. – Anton Chekhov
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. – Anton Chekhov
No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith. – Anton Chekhov
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support. – George Washington