When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to start a patent office; for I knew that a country without a patent office and good patent laws was just a crab, and couldn't travel any way but sideways or backways.

Our Congresses consist of Christians. In their private life they are true to every obligation of honor; yet in every session they violate them all, and do it without shame. Because honor to party is above honor to themselves.

Our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows

But old fools is the biggest fools there is.

He is now rising from affluence to poverty.

We laugh and laugh. Then cry and cry- Then feebler laugh, Then die.