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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

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Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

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I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

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I believe in the discipline of silence and could talk for hours about it.

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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

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I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.