nothing in life is more corroding than habit.

Self-admiration giveth much consolation.

I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.

when I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.

I am a Californian, and we have twice the individuality and originality of any people in the United States. We always get quite huffy when we are spoken of as merely Americans.

Fame compensates for a column of wants.

Never trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.