I appreciate the fact that this draft was done in haste, but some of the sentences that you are sending out in the world to do your work for you are loitering in taverns or asleep beside the highway.

It has been said [by Anatole France], "it is not by amusing oneself that one learns," and, in reply: "it is *____only* by amusing oneself that one can learn."

Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade, since it consists principally of dealings with men.

To err is human, to repent, divine, to persist, devilish.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end of it. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes.

You can't run away forever, But there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start.

You or I must yield up his life to Ahrimanes. I would rather it were you. I should have no hesitation in sacrificing my own life to spare yours, but we take stock next week, and it would not be fair on the company.

Go away, I'm all right.

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

You will remember, Watson, how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was first brought to my notice by the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day.

A word to the wise is enough.

A good name lost is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.

If a jury in a criminal trial stays out for more than twenty-four hours, it is certain to vote acquittal, save in those instances where it votes guilty.