Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.

great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased; it always sounds well - In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.

Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.

Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out.