Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them, whether it is true or isn't.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

Even popularity can be overdone. In Rome, along at first, you are full of regrets that Michelangelo died; but by and by, you only regret that you didn't see him do it.