If I had more time, I would have written less.

It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them, whether it is true or isn't.

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself.

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.