Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.

Money was their God; work their religion.

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to leave him with a higher ideal of life than he had when he began. If in one small degree it shows him where he can be...gentler, saner, cleaner, kindlier...it is a wonder-working book. If it opens his eyes to one beauty in nature he never saw for himself and leads him one step toward the God of the Universe, it is a beneficial book.

Be sure that you are right; and then go ahead.