Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.

More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the [biblical] texts that authorised them remain.

We grant God the possession of all the qualities of mind except the one that keeps the others healthy; that watches over their dignity; that focuses their vision true--humor.

How lovely is death; and how niggardly it is doled out.

We called him Barney for short. We couldn't use his real name, there wasn't time.

The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way.

To one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, seems the loveliest.