There's no underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.

Never argue with a man whose job depends on not being convinced.

Capital punishment has probably been responsible for a good deal of human progress. The overwhelming majority of those executed were of the sort whose departures for bliss eternal improved the average intelligence and decency of the race.

Balloonists have an unsurpassed view of the scenery, but there is always the possibility that it may collide with them.

Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.

The average schoolmaster is, and always must be, an ass.