The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

Humility is pride in God.

When we pray for death we really desire a fuller life.

If you keep your eyes so fixed on heaven that you never look at the earth, you will stumble into hell.

Some men are like a church-organ -- you can play on them for a lifetime and always find new harmonies; others are like a music-box -- they have four or five thin jingles.

A youth's knowledge is like a cheap shotgun-likely to do as much damage to the owner as to the game.

The American government is a rule of the people, by the people, for the bosses.