My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.

My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.

My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.

Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.