There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
Ours is a mongrel language which started with a child's vocabulary of three hundred words, and now consists of two hundred and twenty-five thousand; the whole lot, with the exception of the original and legitimate three hundred, borrowed, stolen, smo
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.
Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! -- incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.
Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.