One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.

There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York.

My father and I were never intimate in the sense of my coming to him with confidences or seeking advice. Our relationship was rather that of host and guest. Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore.

Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully.