Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer

The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first

...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only a kind of an insurrection, anyway.

Yes, always avoid violence. In this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.