Life, not the parson, teaches conduct.

Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the soul of a mule.

Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.

Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

But I have long thought that if you knew a column of advertisements by heart, you could achieve unexpected felicities with them. You can get a happy quotation anywhere if you have the eye.