He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to do?

That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters.

Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.

I would not read the proof of one of my books for any fair & reasonable sum whatever, if I could get out of it. The proof-reading on the P & Pauper cost me the last rags of my religion.

Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.