The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.

We wish genius and morality where affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. They don't necessarily coalesce any more than oil and water do.

I prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of hotels.

One of the principal features of my entertainment is that it contains so many things that don't have anything to do with it.

Let's have the Union restored as it was, if we can; but if we can't, I'm in favor of the Union as it wasn't.

The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.

I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.