As a rule, from what I've observed, the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night, he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.

Always get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off more than a big slab of prose at the start.

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous.

the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several gallons

I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.

the ice was not only broken; it was shivered into a million fragments