We don't cut up when mad men are bred by the old legitimate regular stock religions, but we can't allow wildcat religions to indulge in such disastrous experiments.

The minute we get reconciled to a person, how willing we are to throw aside little needless punctilios and pronounce his name right.

When your watch gets out of order you have choice of two things to do: throw it in the fire or take it to the watch-tinker. The former is the quickest.

I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet-I am inclined to expect one.

If there is one thing that is really cheerful in the world, it is cheerfulness. I have noticed it often. And I have noticed that when a man is right down cheerful, he is seldom unhappy for the time being. Such is the nature of man.

I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.