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

I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain.

Learning to play two pairs is worth about as much as a college education, and about as costly.

As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!

The human race consists of the damned and the ought-to-be damned.