Baseball is the very symbol, the outward and visible expression of the drive and push and rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, booming nineteenth century.

I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.

One must travel, to learn.

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.