Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.

Of the 417 commandments, only a single one of the 417 has found ministerial obedience; multiply and replenish the earth. To it sinner & saint, scholar & ignoramus, Christian & savage are alike loyal.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the duel, repudiation, & massacre.

No one can tell me what is a good cigar - for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to know say that I smoke the worst cigars in the world. They bring their own cigars when they come to my house.

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.