Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for expression of grief.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.

Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.

Habit is a form of exercise.

Wisdom must go with Sympathy, else the emotions will become maudlin and pity may be wasted on a poodle instead of a child-on a field-mouse instead of a human soul.

God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.