To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.

I don't mind what the opposition say of me so long as they don't tell the truth about me. But when they descend to telling the truth about me I consider that this is taking an unfair advantage.

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented.

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.