Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

In our day we don't allow a hundred and thirty years to elapse between glimpses of a marvel. If somebody should discover a creek in the county next to the one that the North Pole is in, Europe and America would start fifteen costly expeditions thither; one to explore the creek, and the other fourteen to hunt for each other.

Perfect grammar - persistent, continuous, sustained - is the fourth dimension, so to speak; many have sought it, but none has found it.

If the world ends, I'll just head on down to Kentucky because they're always 20 years behind.

Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my lifelong keeping. You cannot see its waves as they flow toward you, darling, but in these lines you will hear...the distant beating of its surf.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.