Remember that every man is a variation of yourself

The people you like when you meet them and while you know them, and the people you remember fondly, are invariably people who have a sense of comedy, not just a sense of humor.

We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.

I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in.

No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.

Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.

The purpose of writing is both to keep up with life and to run ahead of it. I am little comfort to myself, although I am the only comfort I have, excepting perhaps streets, clouds, the sun, the faces and voices of kids and the aged, and similar accidents of beauty, innocence, truth and loneliness.