I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.

You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' but that ain't no matter. That book was made by a Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.

Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.

We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.

Man is the only animal that is cruel. It kills just for the sake of it.

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

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.