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

If we would vote in mass on the more promising ticket, or, if the two are equally bad, would throw out the party that is in, and wait till the next election and then throw out the other party that is in - then, I say, the commercial politician would feel a demand for good government and he would supply it.

It is our knowledge - the things we are sure of - that makes the world go wrong and keeps us from seeing and learning.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.

My summary of all our experiences was that it showed that heaven and hell are one place, and we all go there. To those who are prepared, it is heaven; to those who are not fit and ready, it is hell.

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