No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

A third variety of drama ... begins as tragedy with scraps of fun in it ... and ends in comedy without mirth in it, the place of mirth being taken by a more or less bitter and critical irony.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.

Take the utmost care to get well born and well brought up.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

If you would stick to the concrete, and put your discoveries in the form of entertaining anecdotes about your adventures with women, your conversation would be easier to follow.