It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

...ignorant as the unborne babe! ignorant as unborn twins!

I like the truth sometimes, but I don't care enough for it to hanker after it.

I am not an American. I am the American.

In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.

Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it.

Always obey your parents. When they are present. This is the best policy in the long run. Because if you don't, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment.