We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people do.

Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.

The ancients stole all our ideas from us.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.