The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.

There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend to be noticeably silly.

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for men subscribing to every sort of idea that is currently prevalent

He slept more than any other president, whether by day or by night. Nero fiddled, but Coolidge only snored.

The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket.

Dachshund: A half-a-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long.

Suicide is a belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives.