There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster.

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.

The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

You understand people better if you look at them-no matter how old or impressive or important they may be-as if they were children. For most men never mature; they simply grow taller.

Many [of the Americans] polled showed a marked disapproval of the Wallonians, Danerians, and Pirenians. The fact that these minorities were invented by the pollster did not diminish the hostility.