What a sad business is being funny!

Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody

If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.

I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.