I was born modest, but it didn't last.

One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.

The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way.

I will gradually drop this subject of graveyards. I have been trying all I could to get down to the sentimental part of it, but I cannot accomplish it. I think there is no genuinely sentimental part to it. It is all grotesque, ghastly, horrible.

If I had more time, I would have written less.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.