I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.

I hate with a bitter hatred the names of lentils haricots - those pretentious cheats of the appetite, those tabulated humbugs, those certified aridites calling themselves human food!

The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.

Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?

Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.

Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

The cloaked figure leaned over and I turned my head just as I heard the crack of bones.

Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect.

Too many?pass judgement on wartime decisions in the luxury of a peacetime environment.

Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.

Instinct is the direct connection with truth.

I'm all for lifestyle evangelism, but I'm also in favor of intentionality, where we seek out opportunities for spiritual conversations and are equipped to explain the gospel and why we believe it.

Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.