“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”

“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”

“Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world.”

“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. I know people who read without hearing the sentence sounds and they were the fastest readers. Eye readers we call them. They get the meaning by glances. But they are bad readers because they miss the best part of what a good writer puts into his work.”

“Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desire,I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twiceI think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.”

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”

“By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”