The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.

I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved.

Never learn to do anything: if you don't learn, you'll always find someone else to do it for you.

How slow and still the time did drag along.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

You need not expect to get your book right the first time.