Cancer is the growth of madness denied.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

The condition that is most disagreeable in your life becomes the most useful one. You know, I feel the same way about the U.S. Army. It was absolutely the worst experience of my life, and it was probably the single most valuable experience.

When a novel comes, it's a grace. Something in the cosmos has forgiven you long enough so that you can start.

Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic; San Francisco is a lady

Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out.

The sense of a long last night over civilization is back again.