I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

Wall Street had been doing business with pieces of paper; and now someone asked for a dollar, and it was discovered that the dollar had been mislaid.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

They use everything about the hog except the squeal.

There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.

But the devil is a subtle worm; he does not give up at one defeat, for he knows human nature, and the strength of the forces which battle for him.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.