The moving van is a symbol of more than our restlessness, it is the most conclusive evidence possible of our progress.

She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.

It is disgusting to pick your teeth; what is vulgar is to use a gold toothpick.

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

Having disciples is in the end like having children, only not with love but with self-love preeminent.

A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.

Life for most of us is full of steep stairs to go up and later, shaky stairs to totter down; and very early in the history of stairs must have come the invention of bannisters.