One of my theories is that the hearts of men are about alike, no matter what their skin color.

It is agreed, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it is not incumbent on him to care whether the arrangement is satisfactory to anyone else or not.

I have tried getting up early, and I have tried getting up late-and the latter agrees with me best.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

You may call a jay a bird. Well, so he is, in a measure--because he's got feathers on him, and don't belong to no church, perhaps;but otherwise he is just as much a human as you be. And I'll tell you for why. A jay's gifts and instincts, and feelings, and interests, cover the whole ground. A jay hasn't got any more principle than a Congressman.

I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are too costly terms for the release.

In literature imitations do not imitate.