In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!

It's my opinion that every one I know has morals, though I wouldn't like to ask. I know I have. But I'd rather teach them than practice them any day. "Give them to others"-that's my motto.

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.

Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.

Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.