Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded

There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages

The vast majority of the race, whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind-hearted and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of the aggressive and pitiless minority they don't dare to assert themselves.

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood

Some civilized women would lose half their charm without dress and some would lose all of it.

All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.