Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.

Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it.

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

Writing is the easiest thing in the world.... Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board on my knees and I scribble away.

I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.

I like criticism, but it must be my way.

Everybody's private motto: It's better to be popular than right.