It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

Usage is the only test. I prefer a phrase that is easy and unaffected to a phrase that is grammatical.

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.

The audience is a very curious animal. It is shrewd rather than intelligent. Its mental capacity is less than that of its most intellectual members.

It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future. Often the pleasure is illusory, but their error in calculation is no refutation of the rule.

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.