I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.
The minute we get reconciled to a person, how willing we are to throw aside little needless punctilios and pronounce his name right.
Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics.
Apparently one of the most uncertain things in the world is the funeral of a religion.
In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
My father was a Saint Bernard, my mother was a Collie, but I am a Presbyterian.