It takes some little time to accept and realize the fact that while you have been growing old, your friends have not been standing still, in that matter.

You can never find a Christian who has acquired this valuable knowledge, this saving knowledge, by any process but the everlasting and all-sufficient 'people say.'

Buy land, they're not making it anymore.

It's not as bad as it sounds.

It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one.

Writing is the easiest thing in the world.... Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board on my knees and I scribble away.

Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.