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.

Golf is a mental disorder.

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

Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom. Such is love, and such are lovers wherever love is known.

For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.

I could write stories just as rotten.

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