"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it."

"I have been a great many things in my life, but I have never been a hypocrite."

"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do."

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man."