I will gradually drop this subject of graveyards. I have been trying all I could to get down to the sentimental part of it, but I cannot accomplish it. I think there is no genuinely sentimental part to it. It is all grotesque, ghastly, horrible.

I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.

As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.

One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. It is said that leaders are readers. However if they read trashy magazines for the majority of their time and they never run with the information that they glean from resourceful books, then they may as well have not taken any time to read at all. It is easier to stay out than get out.

Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.