I do not believe in the god of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
Profound silence; silence so deep that even their breathings were conspicuous in the hush.
Every man is born to one possession which out values all his others - his last breath.
Make the best o' things the way you find 'em.
The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes.
You can't pray a lie -- I found that out.
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.
Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.
How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.
Hunger is the best pickle.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
You can't throw too much style into a miracle.
If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.
Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
People always more and more foolish, unless they take care to grow wiser and wiser.
Death is to life as heaven is to hell they're both dependent on each other.
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.
The welshman allowed it to eat into the vitals of his visitors.
The average man don't like trouble and danger.
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.