There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

Be always decent and right in your home town; and when you're on the road, never take more than four glasses of beer a day or play higher than a twenty-five-cent limit.

I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.