The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

We never care to know new people unless we are sure we shall like them.

there is only one thing we do know and that is that we do not know anything.

I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.

No country can reach a high stage of civilization without a leisure class.

No loose fish enters our quiet bay.

Here is a simple recipe to begin with. Get up every morning with the set intention of writing and go to your desk and sit there for three hours, whether you accomplish anything or not. Before long you will find that you are writing madly, not waiting for inspiration.