[To woman bragging about having kept her husband for seven years:] Don't worry, if you keep him long enough, he'll come back in style.

If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.

Hell's afloat in lover's tears.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson's] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.

I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.

Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.