A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away from owner after owner, cycle afer cycle, by force and bloodshed.

We must put up with our clothes as they are - they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us - to advertise what we wear them to conceal. They are a sign; a sign of insincerity; a sign of suppressed vanity; a pretense that we desire gorgeous colors and the graces of harmony and form; and we put them on to propagate that lie and back it up.

You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.