I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.

We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.

Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.

I am only human, although I regret it.

Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest.

When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Don't live in the past, don't ponder about the future, stay at the PRESENT moment NOW...always.