There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a certain depth in the sea; but in the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

A friendship counting nearly forty years is the finest kind of shade-tree I know.

The victory's in believing.

Fashion being the art of those who must purchase notice at some cheaper rate than that of being beautiful, loves to do rash and extravagant things. She must be forever new, or she becomes insipid.

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.