A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.

Thanksgiving day. Let us all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys.

There is no such thing as a new idea. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.

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

How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!

If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won't. It is better and more becoming to intimate that you will do as she bids you, and then afterwards act quietly in the matter according to the dictates of your better judgment.