The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Whiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

There ain't anything that is so interesting to look at as a place that a book has talked about.

To forget pain is to be painless; to forget care is to be rid of it; to go abroad is to accomplish both.

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.