It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

We have the best Congress that money can buy.

The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood.

It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.