Society and the World

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution.

Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.

Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any .

I deal with temptation by yielding to it.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either occasion.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest.

The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience .

The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience .

I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.

The problem with education is school.

Never do wrong when people are looking.

Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions .