In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself

No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government.

He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

Life's too damn funny for me to explain.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization.