People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.

The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.

The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.

Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.

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

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.