There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.

You need not expect to get your book right the first time.

Experience is an author's most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far.

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'

Our lives, our liberty, and our property are never in greater danger than when Congress is in session.