Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason.

Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.

If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly will give him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.

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.

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 wise man reads both books and life itself.