If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.
I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author.
After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultural classes.
If one's object is ascetic, it is far better to stay in London or Paris or New York; there is practically no extreme of heat or cold, physical risk, loneliness, hunger or thirst that cannot, with a little ingenuity, be conveniently achieved in the centres of civilization.