The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.

In the Barbecue is any four footed animal -- be it mouse or mastodon -- whose dressed carcass is roasted whole... at its best it is a fat steer, and must be eaten within an hour of when it is cooked. For if ever the sun rises upon Barbecue, its flavor vanishes like Cinderella's silks, and it becomes cold baked beef -- staler in the chill dawn than illicit love.

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.

We say that money talks, but it speaks a broken, poverty-stricken language. Hearts talk better, clearer, and with wider intelligence.

A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.

Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.

In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.