One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.

It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.

If we could only use other folks' experience, this here world would be heaven in about three generations, but we're so constructed that we never believe fire'll burn till we poke our own fingers into it to see. Other folks' scars don't go no ways at all toward convincin' us.

For the size of it, a check book is about the greatest convenience I know of.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.

[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.