I had, out of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who couldn't have been supplanted by phonographs.

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Be kind to dumb people.

Conversation: The slowest form of human communication.

There is something distinctive about living in New York; over eight million other people are doing it.

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

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.