“He (Mike Pence) is a man of character and accomplishment. He is the right man for the job.”

“Sell a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will put you out of a job.”

“Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.”

“Mike Flynn is a fine person, and I asked for his resignation. He respectfully gave it. He is a man who there was a certain amount of information given to Vice President Pence, who is with us today. And I was not happy with the way that information was given. He didn't have to do that, because what he did wasn't wrong. What he did in terms of the information he saw. What was wrong was the way that other people, including yourselves in this room, were given that information, because that was classified information that was given illegally. That's the real problem.”

“A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.”

“A man kept his character even when he was insane.”

“A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.”

“Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.”

“A five pence fine is right and proper —
and to sum up my defence
it was his fault he came a cropper:
CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE!”

“When a man marries his mistress, he creates a job vacancy.”