We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil

S'pose a man was to come to you and say Pollyvoo-franzy - what would you think?

But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.

The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but now and then you find it in a little dog, and sometimes a man.

Supposing is good, but finding out is better.