“Ill usage makes the sweetest of us vicious.”

“If every one of you was to clean before his own front door, all would be clean of cow flops.”

“Monthly, out of common courtesy, he went to inquire after the invalid Charles, who refused either to die or get better.”

“I could say how well he dances, but that isn't true, for he dances like that big friendly bear I saw last Christmas.”

“All men were born in the same way: no privilege existed that was not of man's own contriving.”

“I've interrupted a party. Is it in celebration of the peace or in honor of the next war?”

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they ...”

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiti...”

“It is a curious thing, but as one travels the world getting older and older, it appears that happiness is easier to get used to than despair. The second time you have a root beer float, for instanc...”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”