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

Nothing great ever came out of common sense.

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

There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To the newspapers, to authors, to strangers, to City Councils, to the police. It did not much matter to whom; the satisfaction of writing seemed to be all.

I expect this is what death is like when you meet it. Sort of wildly unfair but inevitable.

You can't have a tin can tied to your tail and go through life pretending it isn't there.

A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes.