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

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother.

Few of us stand prosperity; another man's I mean.

A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

Congressman is the trivialist distinction for a full grown man.

A sense of humor is the one thing no one will admit to not having.