You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw on it.

To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the duel, repudiation, & massacre.

I wonder if God created man because He was disappointed with the monkey.

All our acts, reasoned and unreasoned, are selfish

Experience is an author's most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes.