Virtue in a man doesn't make you want to grab him.
Love can bear anything better than ridicule.
there is this malign curse laid on dipsomaniacs. That they must absolutely have a drink: in order to feel strong enough to stop drinking.
resignation, perhaps the most stifling word in the language.
[On journalists:] They are as disruptive a menace to the public body: as grating turds in the intestines are to the private body.
If happiness comes at all: which is by no means prearranged; it comes by the way, while you are seeking for something else. Something outside yourself, beyond yourself: in a brief absorption of self-forgetfulness.