Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Go west, young man.

Common sense is very uncommon.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Ease up, the play is over.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

There is no bigotry like that of 'free thought' run to seed.