I think that the reason why we Americans seem to be so addicted to trying to get rich suddenly is merely because the opportunity to make promising efforts in that direction has offered itself to us with a frequency out of all proportion to the European experience.

To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation?

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.

I said nothing of the sort.

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.