Against a diseased imagination demonstration goes for nothing.

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose.

The symbol of the race ought to be a human being carrying an ax, for every human being has one concealed about him somewhere, and is always seeking the opportunity to grind it.

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was we left port in.

Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.