It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.

A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.

Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten with corn bread, sweet onion, sour cream, it contains all five of the elements deemed essential by the sages of the Orient: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, and bitter.

I cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his infantile vanity.