I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument an an unsuspected yearning to play on it, which are bound to wake up an demand attention someday. Therefore you who rail at such that disturb your slumbers with unsuccessful and demoralizing attempts to subjugate a guitar, beware! For sooner or later your own time will come.

I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble effect. You could see the shudder sweep the mass like a wave.

I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself.

Chastity - you can carry it too far.

The heart is the real fountain of youth.

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

Is it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of Civilization-one for home consumption and one for the heathen market?