The book forces itself into my mind when I am lugging furniture, or pulling weeds.

Childhood may have periods of great happiness, but it also has times that must simply be endured. Childhood at its best is a form of slavery tempered by affection.

In India it is regarded as a good idea to dart in front of an oncoming car, for the car is sure to kill the evil spirits who are pursuing you, and all the rest of your life you will have good luck.

It is a waste of time to dissipate one's moral zeal in disapproving of royal persons who have mistresses.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard.

Nobody who looks as though he enjoyed life is ever called distinguished, though he is a man in a million.