Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

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

The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

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.

The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off