All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.
I will never cease advising my friends and enemies to read poetry before anything.
The moment you're born you're done for.
The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.
You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.