“Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to the truth”

“My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world”

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter”

“Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand”

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

“When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it”