Every time I reform in one direction I go overboard in another.

It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

When a man's dog turns against hime, it is time for his wife to pack her trunk and go home to mamma.

Newport, Rhode Island, that breeding place-that stud farm, so to speak-of aristocracy; aristocracy of the American type.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.