Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings.

The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to the white race, there is one solution: extermination.

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Good mental machinery ought to break its own wheels and levers, if anything is thrust among them suddenly which tends to stop them or reverse their motion. A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad.