Mark Twain said (particularly about Pink Marsh): "I have been reading him again, and my admiration overflows all limits. ... How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand."

After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.

In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

A good musical comedy consists largely of disorderly conduct occassionally interrupted by talk.

Early to bed and early to rise, and you'll meet very few of the best people.

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.