I am quite sure ... I have no race prejudice, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human being—this is enough for me; he can’t be any worse.

“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”

“We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas. The church-bell began to ring at four-thi…”

“People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.”

“I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be r…”