America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one.

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar it will cease to be popular.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

Tell me do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

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