Science is the topography of ignorance.

The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to the white race, there is one solution: extermination.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.