Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

Ah, if he could only die temporarily!

No one can tell me what is a good cigar--for me. I am the only judge... There are no standards--no real standards. Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him.

My advice to girls: first, don't smoke - to excess; second, don't drink - to excess; third, don't marry - to excess.

It is not a new thing for a thoroughly good and well-meaning preacher´s soft heart to run away with his soft head.

What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of fonetic brevity and compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms?

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor.