The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for being a servant

It's one of the great fallacies, it seems to me, that time gives much of anything but years and sadness to man.

That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis.

I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

The basic rule [of writing] given us was simple and heartbreaking. A story to be effective had to convey something from the writer to the reader, and the power of its offering was the measure of its excellence. Outside of that, there were no rules.

Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em.