I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion.

Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral. They say the Sultan has eight hundred wives. This almost amounts to bigamy.

Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics.

We all like to see people sea-sick when we are not ourselves.

None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favour at the same time. There are many asses.