Now I can only pray that there may be a God -- and a heaven -- or something better.
Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat. The supremest thing is the need of the body, not of the mind and spirit.
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
The funniest things are the forbidden.
I don't want my girl to be so skinny she can knife me with her knee.
It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.