A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.

Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.

Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak.

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt.

To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation?

One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.

My experience with horses is that they never throw away a chance to go lame.