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

If I had been helping the Almighty when he created man, I would have had him begin at the other end, and start human beings with old age. How much better to start old and have all the bitterness and blindness of age in the beginning!

No man that has ever lived has done a thing to please God--primarily. It was done to please himself, then God next.

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.

Life is short. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly and love truly.

It would not be possible for Noah to do in our day what he was permitted to do in his own ... The inspector would come and examine the Ark, and make all sorts of objections.

There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.