Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

There has been only one Christian. They caught and curcified him-early.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

To us, our house was not unsentient matter -- it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence, and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction.

I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.

The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.

There are too many stars in some places and not enough in others.