Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.

Happiness is a hardy annual.

There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy.

convictions ... are always getting in the way of opportunities.

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

One cannot lay a foundation by scattering stones, nor is a reputation for good work to be got by strewing volumes about the world.

nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.