If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility

That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to start a patent office; for I knew that a country without a patent office and good patent laws was just a crab, and couldn't travel any way but sideways or backways.

The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but now and then you find it in a little dog, and sometimes a man.

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

Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.

Nothing is so ignorant as a man's left hand, except a lady's watch.

I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.