A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.

Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn't something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly - a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects.

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.

The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.