Nothing so focuses the mind as the prospect of being hanged.

The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it's that they know so many things that just aren't so.

History never repeats itself; at best it sometimes rhymes.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time is come I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.

Homely truth is unpalatable.