With a book he was regardless of time.
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.
Women are jealous of cigars. . . they regard them as a strong rival.
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
Almost all women have hearts full of pity.
At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.
The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
I would come, many years later, to understand why To Kill A Mockingbird is considered an important novel, but when I first read it at 11, I was simply absorbed by the way it evoked the mysteries of childhood, of treasures discovered in trees, and games played with an exotic summer friend.
The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.
If anything, he seemed a little lonely, all too ready to open his heart at the slightest sign of interst.
One should see any opportunity to serve as a rare and precious gift. . . and never waste such an opportunity.