Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat.

Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will.

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.

Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.

I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one.

The fear of women is the beginning of knowledge.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.

If in the last few years you have not discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress.

Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress.

You may have the dark and cold street life, ruled by the lessor light of the moon. During this time I restore my temple, and later awake to greet the awesome radiance of the sun-star.

The power of faith can be a strong force, but the power of knowing is even stronger. ☥

I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.

Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.

The history of the meadow goes like this. No one owns it, no one ever will.

Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.

when we're married, can we go to the ocean? I've never been

When a man publishes a book, there are so many stupid things said that he declares he'll never do it again. The praise is almost always worse than the criticism.

My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking.

There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.