A man can be a Christian or a patriot, but he can't legally be a Christian and a patriot - except in the usual way: one of the two with the mouth, the other with the heart.

There ain't anything that is so interesting to look at as a place that a book has talked about.

Learning to play two pairs is worth about as much as a college education, and about as costly.

Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others.

There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer.

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them.

I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That's bad enough for me.