"The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity..." — Don Marquis

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.