What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one's friends, the reproaches of one's own taste, there's precious little peace after publishing a book.

There's never been a lack of men willing to die bravely. The trouble is to find a few able to live sensibly.

the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.

It's the things you don't do, not the things you do, you feel most sorry for.

Progress. There's a good deal too much o' this progress about nowadays, an', what's more, it'll have to stop.

A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.

it is better to take experience, to suffer, to love, and to remember than to walk unscathed between the fires. I've had most immunities myself - the result of an independent income combined with a personality completely devoid of sexual attractions - the two fires of poverty and passion have therefore never burned me, and I am a lesser person for my safety.