It takes some little time to accept and realize the fact that while you have been growing old, your friends have not been standing still, in that matter.

I hate editors, for they make me abandon a lot of perfectly good English words.

All our acts, reasoned and unreasoned, are selfish

It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term.

Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine somewhere.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.