If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error.

The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way.

The newspaper that obstructs the law on a trivial pretext, for money's sake, is a dangerous enemy to the public weal. That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse.

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.

Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.

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