Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine somewhere.

To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and trying to get it on the cheapest and laziest terms He can invent.

The frankest and freest and privatest product of the human mind and heart is a love letter.

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

in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.