The difference between those that succeed and those that fail is, those that succeeded tried.

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the duel, repudiation, & massacre.

If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private, which we are afraid to express; and another one - the one we use - which we force ourselves to wear to please Mrs. Grundy, until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.

Stars and shadows ain't good to see by.

Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.