Education that consists in learning things and not the meaning of them is feeding upon the husks and not the corn

I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.

Comparison is the death of joy.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.