Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.

There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

What good is money if it can't buy happiness?

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.

Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.

Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac.

It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

It's not a man's working hours that are important--it's his leisure hours. That's the mistake we all make.