The laws of Nature take precedence of all human laws. The purpose of all human laws is one - to defeat the laws of Nature. This is the case among all the nations, both civilized and savage. It is a grotesquerie, but when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.

Sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn't roosting comfortable, and took him along. Pap always said, take a chicken when you get achance, because if you don't want him yourself you can easy find somebody that does, and a good deed ain't ever forgot. I never see papa when he didn't want the chicken himself, but that is what he used to say, anyway.

I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well.

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

Demagogue--a vessel containing beer and other liquids.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other. It will unriddle many riddles