Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, political, or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies.

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.

Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.

Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.

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.

The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but now and then you find it in a little dog, and sometimes a man.