Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

The president is the cube of ice one places in the pot of a houseplant, providing a steady amount of nourishment over the course of a hot day. A good description of the job and also a fantastic bit of practical household advice.

Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

When I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three.... The little advanceI now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.

Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg.

We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth.