The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.

I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.

Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.

The time has come when I am for everybody fighting the rebels. Let Indians fight them; let the Negroes fight them; and if you have got any strong-legged jackasses in Iwoa that can kick rebels to death, they have my hearty consent.

The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence... also the damnest fool.

My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.

One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.