That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.

No man has an appreciation so various that his judgment is good upon all varieties of literary work.

It is sound statesmanship to add two battleships every time our neighbour adds one and two stories to our skyscrapers every time he piles a new one on top of his to threaten our light. There is no limit to this soundness but the sky.

It is no use to keep private information which you can't show off.

If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would be better all around.

We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.

A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.