It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.
Put an Englishman into the garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blasted concern; put a Yankee in, and he would see where he could alter it to advantage; put an Irishman in, and he would want to boss the thing; put a Dutchman in, and he would proceed to plant it.
Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
Peace is the soft and holy shadow that virtue casts.
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.