I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.

The ancients stole all our ideas from us.

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.

All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out.

Better a broken promise than none at all.