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.

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.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings into conditions in which such numbers of them would be sure to go wrong.

America is the only place where man is full-grown!

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.