Money is more trouble than it is worth.

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.

Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder.

Do not lounge in the cities! There is room & health in the country, away from the crowds of idlers & imbeciles. Go west, before you are fitted for no life but that of the factory.

Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.

Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.