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

Everyone has something they don't want anyone to see; that is one of the functions of a home, to provide a spot to keep such things.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

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

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.

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

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.