I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 % American as 99 % an idiot. And they adore me.

Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

My mother married a very good man ... and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.

We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come.

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born again.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.