I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.

The Public is merely a multiplied 'me.'

A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.

To stand still is to fall behind.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

There are three kinds of liars: liars, damned liars, and statisticians

I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.