My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go.

"I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane." "It never is, sir." "Lane, you're a perfect pessimist." "I do my best to give satisfaction, sir."

The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.

Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, Destiny never closed her accounts.

Genius is born-not paid

The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.

The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.