O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in the one domain and sometimes in the other.

If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another's.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points you can get from Bliss Perry. If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.