The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

If there is a God, he is a malign thug.

Today's burdens can strengthen you for tomorrow.

Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.

The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to utter only half or two-thirds of his mind . writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we "modify" before we print.

You have noticed that the human being is a curiosity. In times past he has had (and worn out and flung away) hundreds and hundreds of religions; today he has hundreds and hundreds of religions, and launches not fewer than three new ones every year. I could enlarge on that number and still be within the facts.

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.