Besides, you want the unvarnished and ungarnished truth, and I'm no hand for that. I'm a lawyer.

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

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies.

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