It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it.

The dairy man had a Ph.D. in mathematics, and he must have had some training in philosophy. He liked what he was doing and he didn't want to be somewhere else - one of the few contented people I met in my whole journey.

Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.

And her joy was nearly like sorrow.

Niagara Falls is very nice. I'm very glad I saw it, because from now on if I am asked whether I have seen Niagara Falls I can say yes, and be telling the truth for once.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.