All the things we did for our country. Some of us died, Some of us gave speeches.

Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.

We are always making God our accomplice, that so we may legalize our own iniquities. Every successful massacre is consecrated by a Te Deum, and the clergy have never been wanting in benedictions for any victorious enormity.

Occident, n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call "war" and "commerce." These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

Of lies, false modesty is the most decent.

It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy.

The hater of property and of government takes care to have his warranty deed recorded; and the book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.

Often a noble face hides filthy ways.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.