An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.

True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.

There is only one good sex. The female one.

When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around.

It is a shameful thing to insult a child.

We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.