Death was a beginning and not an end; it was the morning of the spirit. Tired bodies lay down to sleep and their souls wakened to the morning, rested; the first fruits of them that slept.

Men play harder than they work; women work harder than they play.

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.

A cat and a Bible, and nobody needs to be lonely.

every act of one's life is the unavoidable result of every act that has preceded it.

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.