We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene

The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.

Nothing so focuses the mind as the prospect of being hanged.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.