I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.

Throughout the hours of the night, though there had been few to hear it, the whole sky had been loud with the singing of these constellations.

He regarded love as a sort of cruel malady through which the elect are required to pass in their late youth and from which they emerge, pale and wrung, but ready for the business of living.

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what they want.

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.

The best thing about animals is they don't talk much.