Mine was a trained Presbyterian conscience and knew but the one duty - to hunt and harry its slave upon all pretexts and on all occasions, particularly when there was no sense nor reason in it.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favour at the same time. There are many asses.

You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' but that ain't no matter. That book was made by a Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.

Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million.

In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination