Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be absolutely unbearable the people can rise up and throw it off. That's the finest asset we've got - the ballot box.

Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.

What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.