Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.

The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality.

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle — keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

I prefer milk because I am a Prohibitionist, but I do not go to it for inspiration.