Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself.

Many intelligent people, when about to write . . . , force on their minds a certain notion about style, just as they screw up their faces when they sit for their portraits.

Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility.

The most entertaining surface on earth is the human face.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.