envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it.

You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.

Suspense is torture ... but delightful--or there'd be no gambling in the world.

You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.

Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.

The Futurists?.... Well, of course, they are already past.

As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.

She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.

Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public.

It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure.

There is only one attraction, one law, one power and that is the power of love.

Believe you can and you will.

That's what I really wanted to do when I was 16, be in comics!

Good shoes - they're the ultimate finishing touch. In fact, we actually joke in my family that your shoes have to be shined before you can leave the house.

You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.

(Greg) Maddux is a master. He carved us up. He didn't give us anything good to hit.

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.

I am calmly active, actively calm. I am the prince of peace sitting on a throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity.

I must say that part of our national wealth is not only the nation's people but those people who lead them.

As a job seeker, remember this: You only lack experience if they want it done the same old way.