If true, rarely beautiful. If beautiful, rarely true.

He wa'n't no common dog, he wa'n't no mongrel; he was a composite. A composite dog is a dog that is made up of all the valuable qualities that's in the dog breed-kind of a syndicate; and a mongrel is made up of all riffraff that's left over.

I was born modest, but it didn't last.

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

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

Good exercise for the heart: reach out and help your neighbor

It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.