Astonishing things can be done with the human memory if you will devote it faithfully to one particular line of business.

Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.

I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy.

It is impossible that a genius - at least a literary genius - can ever be discovered by his intimates; they are so close to him that he is out of focus to them and they can't get at his proportions; they can't perceive that there is any considerable difference between his bulk and their own.

Two days overdue, THE WORLD'S WORK has not reached me. Pray make a note of this. I would rather not have to resort to violence.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.