But the best, in my opinion, was the home life in the little flat--the ardent, voluble chats after the day's study; the cozy dinners and fresh, light….

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us..

She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed..

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction..

There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. Th….

There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who at….

This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul ... its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs..

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State..

There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war..

Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow's grave. You….

By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed..

The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas pres….

Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the mus….

I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands..

Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation..

Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside..

He studied cities as women study their reflections..

Not very long ago some one invented the assertion that there were only "Four Hundred" people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But a w….

I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar o….

Beauty is Nature in perfection; circularity is its chief attribute. Behold the full moon, the enchanting golf ball, the domes of splendid temples, th….

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature..