It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.

One does what one can, not what one cannot.

I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has.

He laughs best who laughs at the end.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.