Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Boys naturally look on all force as an enemy.

A congressman is a pig. The only way to get his snout from the trough is to rap it sharply with a stick.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

If Washington were President now, he would have to learn our ways or lose his next election. Only fools and theorists imagine that our society can be handled with gloves or long poles. One must make one's self a part of it. If virtue won't answer our purpose, we must use vice, or our opponents will put us out of office, and this was as true in Washington's day as it is now, and always will be.

The world is coming to an end in 1950.

Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops.