They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
And, after all, the Athanasian Creed is light and comprehensible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.