The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.

There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard.

I was born modest, but it didn't last.

It has always been a peculiarity of the human race that it keeps two sets of morals in stock-the private and the real, and the public and the artificial.

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular one is Providence.

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.