I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

Age enlarges and enriches the powers of some musical instruments - notably those of the violin - but it seems to set a piano's teeth on edge.

I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead. The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth.

Learning to play two pairs is worth about as much as a college education, and about as costly.

The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.