I built with my own hands ... a large swimming-pool which was filtered to limpidity and could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine.

It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides.

Men will forgive a man anything except bad prose.

One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!

Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.