"The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opp…"

"Courage is found in unlikely places."

"I am not a kind of 'vegetarian' who is opposed to the eating of meat per se. I just happen to like the taste of vegetables better."

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its consistent int…"

"Where there's a whip there's a way."