Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn't.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.