I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

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A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best of medicines and the best doctors.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns a lesson he can learn in no other way.

Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out under the sky, and everywhere the winds are blowing and the sun is shining and the creatures of God are free.

I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.

The dream vocabulary shaves meanings finer and closer than do the world's daytime dictionaries.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

My memory was never loaded with anything but blank cartridges.

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Man is the only animal who blushes...or needs to.

There was not a man in the party but believed that with a little practice he could stand in a row, especially if there were others along.

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends.

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid; the vast limits of their knowledge.

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

It surprises me sometimes to think how much we do know and how intelligent we are.