I reckon some parsons have a right to tell yu' to be good. The bishop of this hyeh Territory has a right. But I'll tell yu' this: a middlin' doctor is a pore thing, and a middlin' lawyer is a pore thing; but keep me from a middlin' man of God.
Owen WisterWhen a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.
Owen WisterIt may be that them whose pleasure brings you into this world owes you a living, but it don't mean the world is responsible.
Owen Wister