There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn’t because the book is not there and worth being written—it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself.

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.

There are times when one would like to end the whole human race, and finish the farce.

There are two things nobody should ever have to watch being made, sausage and laws.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

There has been only one Christian. They caught and crucified him-early.

There have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable .