Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature, but not that of the other side

If smoking cigars is not permitted in heaven, I won''t go.

Every man is wholly honest to himself and to God, but not to any one else.

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.