My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got.

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to utter only half or two-thirds of his mind . writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we "modify" before we print.

a fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

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

And so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.

Whatever you say, say it with conviction