It was the most earnest ambition I ever had....Not that I ever really wanted to be a preacher, but because it never occurred to me that a preacher could be damned. It looked like a safe job.

Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.

Hero: Person in a book who does things which he can't and girl marries him for it.

Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation.

I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter, which carried a ball like a homopathic pill, and it took the whole seven to make a dose for an adult. But I thought it was grand. It appeared to me to be a dangerous weapon. It had only one fault - you could not hit anything with it.

A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public

Every time I reform in one direction I go overboard in another.