A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

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

I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.

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

Dignities are like faces; no two are the same.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.