Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on read more

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; read more

Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.