I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being-that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration.

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot

But death was sweet, death was gentle, death was kind; death healed the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and gave them rest and forgetfulness; death was man’s best friend; when man could endure life no longer, death came and set him free.

There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.