Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute-but they all worship money.

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.

Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.

I pledged myself to smoke but one cigar a day. I kept the cigar waiting until bedtime, then I had a luxurious time with it. But desire persecuted me every day and all day long. I found myself hunting for larger cigars...within the month my cigar had grown to such proportions I could have used it as a crutch.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.