The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.

There is no humor in heaven.

If one is honest there is no need to remember.

Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have only a vague curiosity about one of those.

Take your mind out every now and then and dance on it. It is getting all caked up.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.