And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.

The test is always how we treat the poor.

Life is tons of discipline.

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.