Perfection Is A Trifle Dull. It Is

The Most Useful Thing About A Principle Is That It Can Always Be Sacrificed To Expediency.

Some People Read For Instruction, Which Is Praiseworthy, And Some For Pleasure, Which Is Innocent, But Not A Few Read From Habit, And I Suppose That This Is Neither Innocent Or Praiseworthy. Of That Lamentable Company Am I. Conversation After A Time Bores Me, Games Tire Me And My Own Thoughts, Which We Are Told Are The Unfailing Resource Of A Sensible Man, Have A Tendency To Run Dry. Then I Fly To My Book As The Opium-smoker To His Pipe.

All The Words I Use In My Stories Can Be Found In The Dictionary-it's Just A Matter Of Arranging Them Into The Right Sentences.

Failure Make People Bitter And Cruel. Success Improves The Character Of The Man.

It Is An Illusion That Youth Is Happy, An Illusion Of Those Who Have Lost It.