The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.

There is nothing but God's grace. We walk upon it; we breathe it; we live and die by it; it makes the nails and axles of the universe.

I lived on rum, I tell you. It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me.

Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them.

Now, to be properly enjoyed, a walking tour should be gone upon alone.... Freedom is of the essence, because you should be able to stop and go on and follow this way or that as the freak takes you.... There should be no cackle of voices at your elbow to jar on the meditative silence of the morning.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.