Be good and you will be lonely.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

Grown people everywhere are always likely to cling to the religion they were brought up in.

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

But it warn't no time to be sentimentering.

I ordinarily smoke fifteen cigars during my five hours' labours, and if my interest reaches the enthusiastic point, I smoke more. I smoke with all my might, and allow no intervals.

The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling;the comic and the witty story upon the matter.