Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public?.

San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty..

How can you do anything until you have seen everything,or as much as you can?.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures..

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor y….

It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight..

He will kill mice and he will be kind to babies...but when the moon gets up and the night comes, he is the Cat that Walks by Himself..

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers..

Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can; But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill ….

Ah! What avails the classic bent And what the cultured word, Against the undoctored incident That actually occurred? And what is Art whereto ….

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten..

When a crew and a captain understand each other to the core, it takes a gale, and more than a gale, to put their ship ashore..

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours..

All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not..

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same..

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who..

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears..

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this..

Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was: O my Best Beloved, when the tame animals were wild..

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.

If you want something and don't get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried to bargain over the price..