Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. (Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.)

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

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in.