If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention. These are God's adjectives. You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by.

An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.