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

Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century.

One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her.

Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been damned for the race, that would have been act of a size proper to a god, and would have saved the whole race.

I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble effect. You could see the shudder sweep the mass like a wave.

There are 869 different forms of lying, but only one of them has been squarely forbidden. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

We all like to see people sea-sick when we are not ourselves.