You have noticed that the human being is a curiosity. In times past he has had (and worn out and flung away) hundreds and hundreds of religions; today he has hundreds and hundreds of religions, and launches not fewer than three new ones every year. I could enlarge on that number and still be within the facts.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.

This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which I saw myself as a child and as a youth.

First catch your Boer, then kick him.

We can't reach old age by another man's road.

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.