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

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.

Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick.

She remained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm, and absolutely limitless affection.

Whiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues.

There's a good spot tucked away somewhere in everybody. You'll be a long time finding it, sometimes.

I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being-that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.