I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will never be possible for that mind, in its maturity, to examine sincerely, dispassionately, and conscientiously any evidence or any circumstance which shall seem to cast a doubt upon the validity of that superstition. I doubt if I could do it myself.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

I don't mind what the opposition say of me so long as they don't tell the truth about me. But when they descend to telling the truth about me I consider that this is taking an unfair advantage.

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.