Leverage is everything-don't begin to pry until you've got the long arm on your side.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them...

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.

Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.