So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.

I have discovered that the world over, unusual weather prevails at all times of the year.

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.

Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?

The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue