"I hope you don't mind my speaking of him." "Not in the slightest," Mrs.Owen replied.

"The fact that Morton Bassett married my niece doesn't make it necessary for me to approve of all he does--and I don't.

When I get a chance I give him the best licks I can.
He's a Democrat, but I'm not; neither am I a Republican.

They're all just as crooked as a dog's hind leg.

I gave up when they beat Tilden out of the presidency.