John Hay Quotes


Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life.


Citations

Hay, John. "Distichs." Poems, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890, p. 227.

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John Hay
John Hay
  • Born: October 8, 1838
  • Died: July 1, 1905
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

John Milton Hay was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, Hay's highest office was United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also an author and biographer, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout much of his life.