A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.

When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.

The story of mankind began in a garden and ended in revelations.