The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.

The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it.

If we would leave parties to the politicians, and would vote not for the party, not even for men, but for the city, and the State, and the nation, we should rule parties, and cities, and States, and nation.

My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.