Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.
Marriage is the permanent conversation between two people who talk over everything and everyone until death breaks the record.
Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.
When in doubt, choose greatness.
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another.