Vote: The only commodity that is peddleable without a license |
Wagner's music is better than it sounds. |
War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull |
Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night. |
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. |
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen. |
We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege. |
We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking |
We all like to see people sea-sick when we are not ourselves. |
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. |
We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world. |
We are all alike on the inside |
We are all beggars, each in his own way. |
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess |
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly. |