It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
The best of all lost arts is honesty
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near them! With them -- in spirit -- we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite t...
The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work.
Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.
Herschel removed the speckled tent-roof from the world and exposed the immeasurable deeps of space, dim-flecked with fleets of colossal suns sailing their billion-leagued remoteness.
The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know this by my own experience, & to this day I cherish an unappeased bitterness against the unfaithful guardians of my young l...
Warm summer sun, shine brightly here, Warm Southern wind, blow softly here, Green sod above, lie light, lie light, Good night, dear heart; good night, good night.
The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. All day long, the mill of his brain is grinding, and his thoug...