"I am a person who has always been very much in favor of the truth, and I have always been very much against falsehood."

"The church is always trying to get money, and always trying to be popular, and always doing both things very badly."

"I believe that the best way to get a man to do something is to tell him he can't do it."

"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old."

"I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much more of it."