That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months together until you thought that you were cured, and then without warning it blotted out the sunlight.

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it isn't, of course. It's a small niggling thing.

Truth is often terribly thin, don't you think?

Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race.

Nothing puts things in perspective as quickly as a mountain.

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.