There is nothing more frustrating than a good example.

No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit.

The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get a set which can really be depended on 'till a dentist makes him one.

It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.

It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as I can see, nothing remains to be reported, except that I have become a foreigner. When you hear it, don't you believe it. And don't take the trouble to deny it. Merely just raise the American flag on our house in Hartford and let it talk.

An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

They say that you can't live by bread alone, but I can live on compliments.