Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.

I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.

if a man be discreet enough to take to hard drinking in his youth, before his general emptiness is ascertained, his friends invariably credit him with a host of shining qualities which, we are given to understand, lie balked and frustrated by his one unfortunate weakness.

History is not written in the interests of morality.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl.