There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages |
There are many scapegoats for our blunders, but the most popular one is Providence |
There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence |
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it |
There are no mistakes in life, there are only lessons to be learned: Adivce to the Youth. |
There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined |
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy |
There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it. |
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice |
There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself. |
There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency- and a virtue; and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency- and a vice |
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics. |
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. |
There are two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe - the sun in the heavens and the associated press down here |
There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can |