America is the only place where man is full-grown!

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.

What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings into conditions in which such numbers of them would be sure to go wrong.

We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first pale spark, While others only note that day is gone.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.