“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”

The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.

I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth. It is one of His sketches that has turned out badly.

A man’s hatred is always concentrated upon that which makes him conscious of his bad qualities.

There are no good girls gone wrong – just bad girls found out.

Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love–that’s not so bad either.