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.

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

In love, you pay as you leave.

Geological time is not money.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.

... the English alphabet is pure insanity..., It can hardly spell any word in the language with any degree of certainty.