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

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.

It is the will of God that we must have critics and missionaries and congressmen and humorists, and we must bear the burden

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

It didn't take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn't no kings nor dukes at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds. But I never said nothing, never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no quarrels, and don't get into no trouble. If they wanted us to call them kings and dukes, I hadn't no objections, 'long as it would keep peace in the family; and it warn't no use to tell Jim, so I didn't tell him. If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way.

If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out.

I cherish the dreams of yesterday and dare not dwell on the err's of my past whose fate has been long decided, and effect I can not change. For the dreams of yesterday are the challenges of today, and the hope for tomorrow.