It is only the fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.

The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe until he is warmed into conviction by the heat of attack and defence.

A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure.

Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the hours are scourges. If you work by the hour, you gently sail on the stream of Time, which is always bearing you on to the haven of Pay, whether you make any effort, or not.

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.