“No man knows distinctly anything, and no man ever will.”
“The lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.”
“Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.”
“And this you can know- fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe.”
“I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever.”
“A man who don't know history, he don't know anything.”