But they none of them create the psychological conditions in which I first saw, or desired to see, the flower.

I believe your own accent is inimitable, though I shall practice it in my bath.

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses

Misers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before.

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

I will go forth as a real outlaw," he said, "and as men do robbery on the highway I will do right on the highway; and it will be counted a wilder crime.