When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.
Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat when he yawns in the face of his amorously importunate wife.
The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.