What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.

That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies wear, so that he can describe them for his paper and make them out finer than they are and get bribes for it and become wealthy.

Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

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.

Some people bring joy wherever they go, and some people bring joy whenever they go.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started