No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.

The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.

If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.