Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the myriad of its fellows, to the building, brick by brick, of the eventual edifice which we call our style.

I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.

I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.