The new political gospel: public office is private graft.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.

All people have had ill luck, but Jairus's daughter and Lazarus had the worst.