Comstock Lode

Because a man plays a king superbly well does not mean that he would make a good king.

Nobody is ever convinced by argument, anyway. They just think up new reasons for maintaining old positions and become more defensive.

Treat the earth kindly, my friends, and it will give you comfort, security, and all a man may need. If you plant a flake of gold in the earth, will anything come of it? But plant a seed and it will repay you many times over.

Folks can’t seem to realize that it isn’t a smooth talker we need in there but a steady man, a man with judgement. Any medicine-show man can spout words, if they are written for him. It takes no genius to sound well. To act right and at the right time is something else again.

Sometimes I think it is not the money, but the game. It isn’t the winning so much as it is to play the cards right.