Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.

Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.

Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that the modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The old saw says, 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Right. Still, when there is much at stake it is better to get a newspaper to do it.

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

It's not the parts of the Bible I don't know that worries me...it's the parts that I do.