“Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.”

“Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended.”

“Beware of the brains you invade.”

“And they'll vote for me because I'm the best liar, because I do it honestly, with a certain finesse. They know that lies and truth are very close, and that something beautiful rests between.”

“I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it`s not a lie.”

“I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would find me, and here it have gone and done it. So there ain't no doubt but there is something in that thing. That is, there's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind.”

“I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not because I am a good person. It is because I do not tell lie.”