it's dreadful when two people's senses of humor are antagonistic. I don't believe there's any bridging that gulf!

‎Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole.

It's much more entertaining to live books than to write them.

It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit. It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win.

It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones.

I have a terrible wanderthirst; the very sight of a map makes me want to put on my hat and take an umbrella and start. I shall see before I die the palms and temples of the South.

It seems to me that a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity.