having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

These are times of action. Men think and then act; sometimes, indeed, they simply act.

A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it's all over.

It was said of Miss Letitia that when money came into her possession it went out of circulation.

I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary.

The one pleasure that never palls is the pleasure of not going to church.

Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.