It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical.

Love is a simple thing and a deep thing: it is an act of life and not an illusion. Art is an illusion.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.

The person I miss most is the one I could have been.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.