There is such a thing as caste, even in the West; but it is comparatively faint; it is conservatism here. It says, forsake not your calling, outrage no institution, use no violence, rend no bonds; the State is thy parent. Its virtue or manhood is wholly filial.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

The tavern will compare favorably with the church.

I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.

There is nothing more difficult to find than oneself.

The truth is, there is money buried everywhere, and you have only to go to work to find it.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.