The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

I was an arden Hayes man, but that was natural, for I was pretty young at the time, I have since convinced myself that the political opinioins of a nation are of next to no value, in any case, but that what little rag of value they posess is to be found among the old, rather than among the young.

Grown people everywhere are always likely to cling to the religion they were brought up in.

The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples — that is the one to throw bricks and sermons at.

A man may have no bad habits and have worse

Dying man couldn't make up his mind which place to go to-both have their advantages, heaven for the climate, hell for the company!

Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have only a vague curiosity about one of those.