A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

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.

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

A schedule broken at will becomes a mere procession of vagaries.

To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.

What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?

As I understand it, a born executive is a guy who, when anything difficult or unexpected happens, yells for somebody to come and help him.