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

The low level which commercial morality has reached in America is deplorable. We have humble God fearing Christian men among us who will stoop to do things for a million dollars that they ought not to be willing to do for less than 2 millions.

Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.

You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was we left port in.

While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.