Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out under the sky, and everywhere the winds are blowing and the sun is shining and the creatures of God are free.

It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

We have to keep our God placated with prayer, and even then we are never sure of him-how much higher and finer is the Indian's God...Our illogical God is all-powerful in name, but impotent in fact; the Great Spirit is not all-powerful, but does the very best he can for his injun and does it free of charge

I knew a man who grabbed a cat by the tail and learned forty percent more about cats than the man who didn't.

Newport, Rhode Island, that breeding place-that stud farm, so to speak-of aristocracy; aristocracy of the American type.

Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.