Books are the liberated spirits of men.
Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.
Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
My father was a Saint Bernard, my mother was a Collie, but I am a Presbyterian.
The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.