Apparently one of the most uncertain things in the world is the funeral of a religion.

Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented.

God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.

If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter.

Who are we to create a heaven and hell for ourselves, excluding animals and plants in the bargain, just because we have the power to rationalize?

Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than a shovel.