I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.

The true charm of pedestrians does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking.

Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.

There is no accounting for human beings.

I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind & keep them shut by force.

God puts something good and loveable in every man His hands create.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.