God was left out of the Constitution but was furnished a front seat on the coins of the country.

Marriage -- yes, it is the supreme felicity of life. I concede it. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life. The deeper the love the surer the tragedy. And the more disconsolating when it comes.

I prefer milk because I am a Prohibitionist, but I do not go to it for inspiration.

That is an editor. He is trying to think of a word. He props his feet on a chair, which is the editor's way; then he can think better. I do not care much for this one; his ears are not alike; still, editor suggests the sound of Edward, and he will do. I could make him better if I had a model, but I made this one from memory. But is no particular matter; they all look alike, anyway. They are conceited and troublesome, and don't pay enough.

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.

Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience.