The average American's simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and beefsteak.

...the administration of the law can never go lax where every individual sees to it that it grows not lax in his own case, or in cases which fall under his eyes.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the duel, repudiation, & massacre.

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.

An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth.

Every time I reform in one direction I go overboard in another.