Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.

I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.

Leverage is everything-don't begin to pry until you've got the long arm on your side.

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.

I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.

I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind-and all the worse for the fishes.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.