He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get a set which can really be depended on 'till a dentist makes him one.

I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.

It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.

I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being-that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it is where his opinion differs from ours....All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it. None but the Republicans. All the Republicans are insane, but only the Democrats can perceive it. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.