If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

Some of the worst things in my life never even happened.

A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.

It is yet another Civilized Power, with its banner of the Prince of Peace in one hand and its loot-basket and its butcher-knife in the other. Is there no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level?.

I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes