Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.