The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.

Don't wait the time is never just right.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that God will not make me one.

More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.

You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw on it.

I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.