The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

I have only one moral precept; never smoke more than five cigars at a time.

If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary

The ordinary chestnut can beget a sickly and reluctant laugh, but it takes a horse chestnut to fetch the gorgeous big horse-laugh.

To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.