Perhaps the most vivid recollection of my youth is that of the local wheelmen, led by my father, stopping at our home to eat pone, sip mint juleps, and flog the field hands. This more than anything cultivated my life-long aversion to bicycles.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.

An artist must believe in himself - Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence - but passionately. Your belief is contagious. Others say - He is vain - but they are affected.

Men don't want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.