I wish I were either rich enough or poor enough to do a lot of things that are impossible in my present comfortable circumstances.

Methods of locomotion have improved greatly in recent years, but places to go remain about the same.

Women give us solace, but if it were not for women we should never need solace.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people

Intellectuals should never marry; they won't enjoy it; and besides, they should not reproduce themselves.

I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. If all you can see is your shadow, you're blocking your own light. If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.