I was never one to begrudge people their memories. From a child I would listen when they spoke of the past.

A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

Doorbells are like a magic game, Or the grab-bag at a fair -- You never know when you hear one ring Who may be waiting there.

And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.

All thinking men are atheists.

The 'one book' which hasn't been written yet, even thenpersistent a book is being written by me, and might never end!While, I survive inside my brain with someone.

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.

Mmmm! Lunch and no cleanup! Can life get better? I submit that it can NOT!

Learn to accept your limits and you'll become a happier person.

Vitamins are medicine for not getting sick and going back to Heaven yet.

Whether dark presages of the night proceed from any latent power of the soul during her abstraction, or from any operation of subordinate spirits, has been a dispute.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

Anytime you get an audience that's paying attention, you enjoy it more.