The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled its banks, spread out in the tranquil dignity of a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth.

I like what is in the work -- the chance to find yourself.

We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.

We can never cease to be ourselves.

As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.

Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.