Never approach a friend's wife or girlfriend with mischief as your goal... unless she's really attractive.

Why is humanity so excessive in the way it does things? The golden mean seems out of fashion.

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful.

Never approach a friend's wife or girlfriend with mischief as your goal... unless she's really attractive.

To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being. ... The open mind is the empty mind.

Words move, turning over like tumbling clowns; like certain books and like fleas, they possess activity. All men equally have the right to say, 'This word shall bear this meaning,' and see if they can get it across. It is a sporting game, which all can play, only all cannot win.