Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

Comparison is the death of joy.

If there is a God, he is a malign thug.

I am not an American. I am the American.

Well, no doubt it's a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed.

I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble effect. You could see the shudder sweep the mass like a wave.