Denial is much more then an Egyptian River.

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother.

You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned fool.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that's what an army is--a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any MAN at the head of it is BENEATH pitifulness.