Owen Wister

“I reckon some things are not for every man to see.”

“Our western life, in those first days, was a rough affair.”

“He had come to the end of his rope.”

“All men are born equally free, and that's the end of it.”

“When you call me that, smile.”

“It is a poor cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”

“A man knows what he has to do—and that is the end of it.”

“Equality is a myth to protect the weak.”

“Wisdom is not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but at the bottom of the human heart.”

“So the strenuous life tastes sweet.”

“A gentleman can't go anywhere without a lot of truck.”

“Yes, I am a man, and I am not ashamed of it.”