It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.

I have traveled more than anyone else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent.

All our acts, reasoned and unreasoned, are selfish

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.