Baseball is the very symbol, the outward and visible expression of the drive and push and rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, booming nineteenth century.

What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love" come from the heart; but what sensible bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will run the tremendous risk?

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. It is said that leaders are readers. However if they read trashy magazines for the majority of their time and they never run with the information that they glean from resourceful books, then they may as well have not taken any time to read at all. It is easier to stay out than get out.

If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.