All people have had ill luck, but Jairus's daughter and Lazarus had the worst.

There is no humor in heaven.

Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have only a vague curiosity about one of those.

The symbol of the race ought to be a human being carrying an ax, for every human being has one concealed about him somewhere, and is always seeking the opportunity to grind it.

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth.

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'