The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.
...ignorant as the unborne babe! ignorant as unborn twins!
I heard a Californian student in Heidelberg say, in one of his calmest moods, that he would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective.
Some of the worst things in my life never even happened.
It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one.