The American has no language, he has a dialect, slang, provincialism, accent and so forth

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person.

But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, we will work for ourself and a woman, forever and ever, Amen.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

He will kill mice and he will be kind to babies...but when the moon gets up and the night comes, he is the Cat that Walks by Himself.