What is human life? The first third a good time; the rest remembering about it.

One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.

Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out

By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.

The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a person only tells them with all his might.

Whatever you say, say it with conviction

Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it.