Those whom we first love we seldom marry

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

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

When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.

In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in its greatness.

A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.