They did not know it was impossible so they did it

The man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool.

Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious otter of roses out of the otter.

Christianity will doubtless still survive in the earth ten centuries hence- stuffed and in a museum.

Definite speech means clarity of mind.

I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.