Civilization is an active deposit which is formed by the combustion of the Present with the Past. Neither in countries without a Present nor in those without a Past is it to be discovered.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout of violent and irrational emotion, for instinctual drives must be satisfied

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.

Civilization is an active deposit which is formed by the combustion of the Present with the Past. Neither in countries without a Present nor in those without a Past is it to be discovered.

The American language is in a state of flux based upon survival of the unfittest.

Most of the beauty of women evaporates when they achieve domestic happiness at the price of their independence.