You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word.

Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?

None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.

The machine has several virtues... One may lean back in his chair and work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around.

We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.

There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather... In the spring I have counted one hundred and twenty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.