But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

Beautiful things don't ask for attention.

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

Reason is 6/7 of treason.

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.

If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.