The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends

What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

The spirit is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.

There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.

My father's nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him.