Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: Freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
Nothing is so ignorant as a man’s left hand, except a lady’s watch.
Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
There is no such thing as “the Queen’s English.” The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares.
“Classic.” A book which people praise and don’t read.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.
The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it.