It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the burden. Meantime, I seem to have been drifting into criticism myself. But that is nothing. At the worst, criticism is nothing more than a crime, and I am not unused to that.

Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.

Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened.

Our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows

The secret of making progress is to get started.

I like criticism, but it must be my way.