As for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my boy, There's nothing in it.

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

That text is known to them that have the patience to read it, possibly one one-hundredth of one percent of the denizens. They forget it, all save a few Western states. I think somebody in Dakota once read it. The Constitution.

Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes.

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.