I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep!

The most 'popular,' the most 'successful' writers among us (for a brief period, at least) are, 99 times out of a hundred, persons of mere effrontery-in a word, busy-bodies, toadies, quacks.

The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.

Me volví loco, con largos intervalos de horrible cordura.

Sensations are the great things, after all. Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations; they will be worth to you ten guineas a sheet.

It all depends on the robber's knowledge of the loser's knowledge of the robber. - Daupin

I have made no money. I am as poor now as ever I was in my life - except in hope, which is by no means bankable.