Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

I like criticism, but it must be my way.

Do you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures?

There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s campaign among the Midianites. The official report deals only in masses, all the virgins, all the men, all the babies. all ´creatures that breathe,´ all houses. all cities. It gives you just one vast picture ...as far as the eye can reach, of charred ruins and storm-swept desolation... Would you expect this same conscienceless God, this moral bankrupt, to become a teacher of morals, of gentleness, of meekness, of righteousness, of purity?

How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!

It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog.

The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.