To go abroad has something of the same sense that death brings. I am no longer of ye-what ye say of me is now of no consequence.

For a male person bric-a-brac hunting is about as robust a business as making doll-clothes.

I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977 I shall be 142.

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them--then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.