It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable.

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.

The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.

It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made --- so faithful is the public.

The war years count double. Things and people not actively in use age twice as fast.

Most people sleep themselves stupid.