Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

There isn't anything you can't stand if you are only born and bred to it.

Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to do?

Never tell a lie-except for practice.

It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

It is the will of God that we must have critics and missionaries and congressmen and humorists, and we must bear the burden

Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts.