The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; ... I should be sorry to have that voice fall silent and pass out of my life.

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous. . . .

We Americans worship the almighty dollar! Well, it is a worthier god than Heredity Privilege.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.