One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her.

isn't so astonishing, the number of things that I can remember, as the number of things I can remember that aren't so.

I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

One day man by the slow processes of evolution shall develop into something really fine and high - some billions of years hence, say.

We were good boys, good Presbyterian boys, and loyal and all that; anyway, we were good Presbyterian boys when the weather was doubtful; when it was fair, we did wander a little from the fold.

I felt it was my duty to praise all of God's works with fervent enthusiasm. At the same time I killed flies in my house in a spirit of hatred, exasperation and contempt. My praise to God for all his works was dishonest, the act of killing the fly was honest.