That is their way, those plagues, those scientists - peg, peg, peg - dig, dig, dig - plod, plod, plod. I wish I could catch a cargo of them for my place; it would be an economy. Yes, for years, you see. They never give up. Patience, hope, faith, perseverance; it is the way of all the breed.

Baseball is the very symbol, the outward and visible expression of the drive and push and rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, booming nineteenth century.

We recognize that there are no trivial occurrences in life if we get the right focus on them.

Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned

Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.