No better liar had there been in these parts as that ball player with hams for arms unless he be a man with a fishing rod and tackle box in his hands and his feet wet as rain.

I will say this much for the nobility: that, tyrannical, murderous, rapacious and morally rotten as they were, they were deeply and enthusiastically religous. Nothing could divert them from the regular and faithful performace of the pieties enjoined by the Church.

No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous.

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any

Man is the lowest animal.

I do not want Michaelangelo for breakfast - but for luncheon - for dinner - for tea - for supper - for between meals.