Experience teaches us only one thing at a time - and hardly that, in my case.

When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.

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.

Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now.

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.