It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.
There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.
America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
[On Ezra Pound:] A village explainer, excellent if you were a village, but if you were not, not.
If you can do it then why do it?