I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

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

For nothing burns with such amazing speed, As the dry sticks of a religious creed.

Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.