It is a shameful thing to insult a child.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return

His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine.

A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener.

If one is honest there is no need to remember.

The best minds will tell you that when a man has begotten a child he is morally bound to tenderly care for it, protect it from hurt, shield it from disease, clothe it, feed it, bear with its waywardness, lay no hand upon it save in kindness and for its own good, and never in any case inflict upon it a wanton cruelty. God's treatment of his earthly children, every day and every night, is the exact opposite of all that, yet those best minds warmly justify these crimes, condone them, excuse them, and indignantly refuse to regard them as crimes at all, when he commits them.