Heaven is the very last place to come to rest and don't you be afraid to bet on that!

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

But the people cannot have wells, and so they take rain-water. Neither can they conveniently have cellars or graves, the town being built upon "made ground"; so they do without both, and few of the living complain, and none of the others.

Who are we to create a heaven and hell for ourselves, excluding animals and plants in the bargain, just because we have the power to rationalize?

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome. And it cannot be any benefit when you are tired; and I was always tired.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.