I would not have thought of eating a meal without drinking a beer.

I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore been made. Almost no new classics resemble other previous classics. At first people see only the awkwardness. Then they are not so perceptible. When they show so very awkwardly people think these awkwardnesses are the style and many copy them. This is regrettable.

Why must all of the operations in life be performed without an anesthetic?

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

And you treat me wonderfully and keep all your promises.

Now he would never write the things that he had saved to write until he knew enough to write them well. Well, he would not have to fail at trying to write them either. Maybe you could never write them, and that was why you put them off and delayed the starting. Well he would never know, now.

I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.