Humor is tragedy plus time.

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.

What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.

Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out

A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.

The choir always tittered and whispered all through the service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was.