It{California} is the land where the fabled Aladdin's Lamp lies buried-and she {San Francisco} is the new Aladdin who shall seize it from its obscurity and summon the genie and command him to crown her with power and greatness and bring to her feet the hoarded treasures of the earth.

Too much is just enough.

Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.