Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather... In the spring I have counted one hundred and twenty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.

Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than a shovel.

Crowds stand around all day long and criticise that bridge, and find fault with it, and tell with unlimited frankness how it ought to have been planned, and how they would have built it had the city granted them the $14,000 it cost. It is really refreshing to hang around these and listen to them. A foreigner would come to the conclusion that all America was composed of inspired professional bridge builders.

Definite speech means clarity of mind.