Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

No man, deep down in the privacy of his heart, has any considerable respect for himself.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

If God had meant for us to be naked, we'd have been born that way.

I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like.