Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself.

But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of therest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.

You can't pray a lie -- I found that out.

There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage.

I have a religion-but you will call it blasphemy. It is that there is a God for the rich man but none for the poor.....Perhaps your religion will sustain you,will feed you-I place no dependence in mine. Our religions are alike, though, in one respect-neither can make a man happy when he is out of luck.

Heaven is the very last place to come to rest and don't you be afraid to bet on that!

The true charm of pedestrians does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking.