Never tell a lie-except for practice.

Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it.

The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

In all my travels the thing that has impressed me the most is the universal brotherhood of man-what there is of it.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd law; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.