“In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?”

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.”

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”

“We have to keep our God placated with prayers, and even then we are never sure of him--how much higher and finer is the Indian's God......Our illogical God is all-powerful in name, but impotent in fact; the Great Spirit is not all-powerful, but does the very best he can for his injun and does it free of charge.”

“Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”

“We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.”

“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”