Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death!

Drop this mean and sordid and selfish devotion to the saving of your shabby little souls, and hunt up something to do that's got some dignity to it! Risk your souls! Risk them in good causes; then if you lose them, why should you care? Reform!

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

Truth is such a precious article - let us all economize in its use.

If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance, and hit him with a brick.

All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to discover, and didn't discover what they started out to discover, doesn't trouble them. All they remember is that they discovered America; they forget that they started out to discover some patch or corner of India.

One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.