I Do Not Regret Having Braved Public

Answering A Letter From A Church Asking What Else They Should Try After Having Failed To Raise Enough Money On Bake Sales, Bazaars, Suppers, Etc. Why Not Try Religion?

Fame Is A Vapor, Popularity An Accident, And Riches Take Wings. Only One Thing Endures And That Is Character.

Journalism Kills You, But It Keeps You Alive As Long As You're Doing It.

If, On A Full And Final Review, My Life And Practice Shall Be Found Unworthy Of My Principles, Let Due Infamy Be Heaped On My Memory; But Let None Be Led Thereby To Distrust The Principles To Which I Proved Recreant, Nor Yet The Ability Of Some To Adorn Them By A Suitable Life And Conversation. To Unerring Time Be All This Committed.

The Illusion That Times That Were Are Better Than Those That Are, Has Probably Pervaded All Ages.