It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

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.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.