Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with.

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

The slowness of one section of the world about adopting the valuable ideas of another section of it is a curious thing and unaccountable.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your powers to change its mind - your heart stands still, your breath hangs fire, your legs forget to work.

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.