When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man’s being unable to sit still in a room.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

The law is not concerned with trifles.

A halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.