I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't be restored.

Wagner has some great moments, but a lot of miserable half hours.

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

When the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.