I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.

I'll be all around in the dark - I'll be everywhere.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble.

Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.

A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well - or ill?