The report of my death was an exaggeration.

It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

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.

Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.

In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased; it always sounds well - In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.

I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.