Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

I never write "metropolis" for seven cents when I can write "city" and get paid the same.

There is only one good sex. The female one.

The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

Travel is fatal to bigotry.