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

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

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.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

It's a good thing for a dog to have fleas; keeps his mind off being a dog.

I love to revel in philosophical matters-especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it. I am at it all the time. I have got more smoked glass than clothes. I am as familiar with the stars as the comets are. I know all the facts and figures and have all the knowledge there is concerning them. I yelp astronomy like a sun-dog, and paw the constellations like Ursa Major.

The equator was wisely put where it is, because if it had been run through Europe all the kings would have tried to grab it.