Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Quote by Horace Greeley

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I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

Ease up, the play is over.

Ease up, the play is over.

The darkest hour in any man's' life is when he sits down to plan how...

The darkest hour in any man's' life is when he sits down to plan how...

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded...

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

Go west, young man.

Go west, young man.

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without...

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without...

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Common sense is very uncommon.

Common sense is very uncommon.

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some...

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some...

There is no bigotry like that of free thought run to seed.

There is no bigotry like that of free thought run to seed.

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how...

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how...

A widow of doubtful age will marry almost any sort of a white man.

A widow of doubtful age will marry almost any sort of a white man.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to...

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to...