The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.

Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.

The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next.

How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!

Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.