At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass

What a man sees in the human race is merely himself in the deep and honest privacy of his own heart. Byron despised the race because he despised himself. I feel as Byron did, and for the same reason.

We called him Barney for short. We couldn't use his real name, there wasn't time.

the more I know about people, the better I like my dogs.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain.