In other localities certain places in the streams are much better than others, but at Niagara one place is just as good as another, for the reason that the fish do not bite anywhere.

When your watch gets out of order you have choice of two things to do: throw it in the fire or take it to the watch-tinker. The former is the quickest.

Carlyle said 'a lie cannot live.' It shows that he did not know how to tell them.

As a boy, I once saw a cart of melons that sorely tempted me. I sneaked up to the cart and stole a melon. I went into the alley to devour it, but no sooner had I set my teeth into it, than I paused, a strange feeling coming over me. I came to a quick conclusion. Firmly, I walked up to that cart, replaced the melon - and took a ripe one.

You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices.

I like the truth sometimes, but I don't care enough for it to hanker after it.

There are no wild animals until man makes them so.