It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

I loathe all this blind rushing pell-mell into a struggle arranged by the mighty minority and paid for with the lives of young men who are drugged on trumped-up ideals.

A woman is not a whole woman without the experience of marriage. In the case of a bad marriage, you win if you lose. Of the two alternatives - bad marriage or none - I believe bad marriage would be better. It is a bitter experience and a high price to pay for fulfillment, but it is the better alternative.

[Wishing her mother had named her Beulah:] At least you did not sit on your beulah.

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

The grand canyon which yawns between the writer's concept of what he wants to capture in words and what comes through is a cruel abyss.

The literary wiseacres prognosticate in many languages, as they have throughout so many centuries, setting the stage for new hautmonde in letters and making up the public's mind.