The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.

The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

All human happiness is sensuous happiness.

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.