The xmas holidays have this high value: that they remind Forgetters of the Forgotten, & repair damaged relationships.

Heaven is the very last place to come to rest and don't you be afraid to bet on that!

Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.

I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like.

Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out.

But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.

The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.