Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.

No, one couldn't make a revolution, one couldn't even start a riot, with sheep that asked only for better browsing.

Some women enjoy unhappy love affairs, you know, though I have always felt that they are greatly overrated.

... beauty, like ecstasy, has always been hostile to the commonplace. And the commonplace, under its popular label of the normal,has been the supreme authority for Homo sapiens since the days when he was probably arboreal.

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.

Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.