It is easy to convince a man who already thinks as you do.

A doctrine of endurance flows easily from our lips when we are enduring jam and our neighbors dry bread, and it is still possible for us to become resigned to the afflictions of our brother.

I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings.

I've liked life well enough, but I reckon I'll like death even better as soon as I've gotten used to the feel of it. ... I shouldn't be amazed to find it less lonely than life after I'm once safely settled.

Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

The pathos of life is worse than the tragedy.