God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things no less than the large is the mainspring, the dynamo, the jet propulsion of all complete living.

Something deathless and dangerous in the world sweeps past you...It is something fearful and ominous, something turbulent and to be dreaded, which distends the drama to include the life of nations as well as of men. It is an ageless warning.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.

Part of the American myth is that people who are handed the skin of a dead sheep at graduating time think that it will keep their minds alive forever.