The ancients stole all our ideas from us.

Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

The New York papers have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted.

Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion

She remained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm, and absolutely limitless affection.

If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would be better all around.