In the South the war is what A.D. is elsewhere; they date from it.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They burn in me; and they keep multiplying; but now they can't ever be said. And besides, they would require a library-and a pen warmed up in hell.

He liked to like people, therefore people liked him.

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.