If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all.

I am not an American. I am the American.

If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.