It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans.

Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf is th' main thing.

Don't jump on a man unless he is down.

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it

That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.