Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick.

Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

That is their way, those plagues, those scientists - peg, peg, peg - dig, dig, dig - plod, plod, plod. I wish I could catch a cargo of them for my place; it would be an economy. Yes, for years, you see. They never give up. Patience, hope, faith, perseverance; it is the way of all the breed.

The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.