The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling.

Experience teaches us only one thing at a time - and hardly that, in my case.

Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.

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

I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins!

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.