All paraphrases and expletives are so much in disuse that soon the only way of making love will be to say, "Lie down.

The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams

Happiness comes, I know, from some spring within a man — from some curious adjustment to life.

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.

A bibliomaniac is one to whom books are like bottles of whiskey to the inebriate, to whom anything that is between covers has an intoxicating savor.

Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.