Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a body has to figure that if somebody packs iron he plans to use it when the time comes; and if he draws it out, he plans to shoot.

We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.

What is today accepted as truth will tomorrow prove to be only amusing.

No man ever raised a monument to a cynic or wrote a poem about a man without faith.

A little rest and meditation often saves a lot of riding over rough country.

If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.