I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. |
I scent wich pays the best, an' then / Go into it baldheaded. |
If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book, - and that is a book honestly come by |
If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon |
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. |
In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak |
In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim |
In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking. |
Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return. |
Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me. I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk openly with if I want to |
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested |
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. |
It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reasoning is |
It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence |
It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us. |