Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die.

The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a person only tells them with all his might.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

....try the mustard, - a man can't know what turnips are in perfection without mustard.

I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.