If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out.

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

Strange is the man who practices his religion.

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.