Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed.

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

Cherimoya, the most delicious fruit known to men.

Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.

The solution to our water problems is more rain.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

Experience is an author's most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes.