I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.

Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.

The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.

Daughters can spend ten percent more than a man can make in any usual occupation. That’s a law of nature, to be known henceforth as ‘Harshaw’s Law.

Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.

Analogy is even slipperier than logic.

There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" : but beavers and their dams are.