And so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.

The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.

It is your human environment that makes climate

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.

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.

I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed - in a modified way - 4 smokes a day instead of 40. This will have a good effect. On the bank balance.