I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.

The perils, rewards, punishments, and fulfillments of an adventure must be real, or the adventure is only a shifting and heartless nightmare. If I bet I must be made to pay, or there is no poetry in betting. If I challenge I must be made to fight, or there is no poetry in challenging. If I vow to be faithful I must be cursed when I am unfaithful, or there is no fun vowing.

Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency; it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.

Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.