The partitions of the houses were so thin we could hear the women occupants of adjoining rooms changing their minds. |
The past may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme |
The pause-that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence, which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it |
The people stared at us everywhere, and we stared at them. We bore down on them with America's greatness until we crushed them. |
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people. |
The person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. |
The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one |
The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality |
The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet |
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten |
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten |
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten |
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong |
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right. |
The Public is merely a multiplied "me." |