If misery spelled revolt, we should have had nothing but revolt from the beginning of time. On the contrary, it is quite rare.

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

Why is it every careerist tries to turn his mother into a Madonna--to prove his intellect is a virgin birth, papa had nothing to do with it? It's the sign of the misogynist.

No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.

Old age and youth cannot live together.

It was easy to see how upsetting it would be if women began to love freely where love came to them. An abyss would open in the principal shopping street of every town.

A bank is a confidence trick. If you put up the right signs, the wizards of finance themselves will come in and ask you to take their money.