Truth is such a precious article - let us all economize in its use.

What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad.

Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

The motto stated a lie. If this nation has ever trusted in God, that time has gone by; for nearly half a century almost its entire trust has been in the Republican party and the dollar--mainly the dollar. I recognize that I am only making an assertion and furnishing no proof; I am sorry, but this is a habit of mine; sorry also that I am not alone in it; everybody seems to have this disease.

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.