Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay.

Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state.

Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

When infants aren't held, they can become sick, even die. It's universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all.

I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.

She saw him drenched with gasoline. She could actually feel the box of matches in her hand.