A human life the treasure of the world cannot buy; nor can it redeem one which is misspent; nor can it make full and complete and beautiful a life which is dwarfed and warped and ugly.

Don't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

A man with a club is a law-maker.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.