The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan for good fighting

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.

We have to be despised by somebody whom we regard as above us, or we are not happy; we have to have somebody to worship and envy,or we cannot be content. In America we manifest this in all the ancient and customary ways. In public we scoff at titles and hereditary privilege, but privately we hanker after them, and when we get a chance we buy them for cash and a daughter.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

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.

The future interests me - I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.

To trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master.