Once I talked to the inmates of an insane asylum in Hartford. I have talked to idiots a thousand times, but only once to the insane.

Cherimoya, the most delicious fruit known to men.

When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself.

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got.

Stars and shadows ain't good to see by.