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.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

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

The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote

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

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.

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.