Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace.

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

Man has his will, but woman has her way.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.