A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them.

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

A soiled baby with a neglected nose cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.

Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies. Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions. And broadly speaking, Corn-Pone stands for Self-Approval. Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people. The result is Conformity.

When congress is in session no American is safe.