A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant

Eight grown Americans out of ten dread the coming of the Fourth, with its pandemonium and its perils, and they rejoice when it is gone-if still alive.

When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them--then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

One compliment can keep me going for a whole month.

I have tried getting up early, and I have tried getting up late-and the latter agrees with me best.