Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.