Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so.

My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired. If it is to remain as it is, it ought to be gently and reverently set aside among the dead languages, for only the dead have time to learn it.

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

There isn't anything so grotesque or so incredible that the average human being can't believe it.