For instance, take this sample: he has imagined a heaven, and has left entirely out of it the supremest of all his delights, the one ecstasy that stands first and foremost in the heart of every individual of his race - and of ours - sexual intercourse!It is as if a lost and perishing person in a roasting desert should be told by a rescuer he might choose and have all longed-for things but one, and he should elect to leave out water!

It is easier for a cannibal to enter the Kingdom of Heaven through the eye of a rich man's needle that it is for any other foreigner to read the terrible German script.

The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card.

The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.

When you catch an adjective, kill it - perhaps the best possible advice for budding writers.