Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.

When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.

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.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always sober and he cannot make a single mistake. His habits are likely to be regular, his existence more mechanical and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings.

Nothing matters to a man who says nothing matters.

Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it.