Strange a God who mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness, then invented hell; who mouths morals to other people and has none Himself; who frowns upon crimes yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon Himself; and finally with altogether divine obtuseness, invites this poor, abused slave to worship Him!

...ignorant as the unborne babe! ignorant as unborn twins!

We were good boys, good Presbyterian boys, and loyal and all that; anyway, we were good Presbyterian boys when the weather was doubtful; when it was fair, we did wander a little from the fold.

I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.

We laugh and laugh. Then cry and cry- Then feebler laugh, Then die.