There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.

I hate editors, for they make me abandon a lot of perfectly good English words.

I have done more for San Francisco than any of its old residents. Since I left there it has increased in population fully 300,000. I could have done more - I could have gone earlier - it was suggested.

for business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.

History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes.

It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain.