They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

I promised myself that if ever I had some money that I would savor a cigar each day after lunch and dinner. This is the only resolution of my youth that I have kept, and the only realized ambition which has not brought disillusion.

Dying is the most hellishly boresome experience in the world! Particularly when it entails dying of 'natural causes'.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.