A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.

Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

Be brief, be buoyant, and be brilliant.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his method he has to acquire from others.

When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence.

A gentleman need not know Latin but he should at least have forgotten it.

As for Gussie Finknottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming on sight.

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

Our imperfections make us unique as surely as our strengths.

If you come down to it, there's only a handful of worlds that action films live in. You have your car chases, your gun fights, and your fights.

There is no nature at an instant.

The conservative movement is like a country club based in Washington, D.C.

Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves.

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.