Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone with the knowledge that only God is watching him and play his ball where it lies is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
Success comes to a writer as a rule so gradually that it is always something...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.