At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian countries and of the moral judgement of Christians everywhere that if a man and a woman, entering a room together, close the door behind them, the man will come out sadder and the woman wiser.

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

I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.

The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.

We have had more brilliant Presidents than Cleveland, and one or two who were considerably more profound, but we have never had one, at least since Washington, whose fundamental character was solider and more admirable.

The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable.