There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened.

No sane man can be happy, for to him life is real, and he sees what a fearful thing it is.

We were good boys, good Presbyterian boys, and loyal and all that; anyway, we were good Presbyterian boys when the weather was doubtful; when it was fair, we did wander a little from the fold.

Well, Ben Rogers, if I was as ignorant as you I wouldn't let on.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters.