Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.
Christopher MorleyBeing in a hurry seems so fiercely important when you yourself are the hurrier and so comically ludicrous when it is someone else.
Christopher MorleyWhen you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.
Christopher MorleyBlessed is he who has never been tempted; for he knows not the frailty of his rectitude.
Christopher Morley