Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use.

A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and a insurrection. - The Babies speech 1879

Use the right word, not its second cousin.

Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration.