It AIN'T so much the things we don't know that get us into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't so.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William.

Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu git thewuss tha wurk.

Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.