We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.

Our eldest boy, Bob, has been away from us nearly a year at school, and will enter Harvard University this month. He promises verywell, considering we never controlled him much.

Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.

You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.

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

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.