Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

Man has his will, but woman has her way.

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.

I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.

The truth is that the whole system of beliefs which comes in with the story of the fall of man ... is gently falling out of enlightened human intelligence.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.