Society and the World

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.

An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.

Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

It has always been a peculiarity of the human race that it keeps two sets of morals in stock-the private and the real, and the public and the artificial.

To do right is wonderful. To teach others to do right is even more wonderful--and much easier.

To do right is wonderful. To teach others to do right is even more wonderful--and much easier.

Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.

Geological time is not money.

It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.

Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak .