Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.

No book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think?

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.

Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.