I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. No man can.

I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says - "Yes; the little ones does".

There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon in this kind of a nursery. Above all, I couldn't venture to attack the clergymen whom you mention, for I have their habits and live in the same glass house which they are occupying. I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.

Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it; that is, married women.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.