The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for me ours is the zest of the alley cat

This is another day! Are its eyes blurred with maudlin grief for any wasted past? A thousand thousand failures shall not daunt! Let dust clasp dust, death, death; I am alive!

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.