I murmured to Picasso that I liked his portrait of Gertrude Stein. Yes, he said, everybody said that she does not look like it, but that does not make any difference, she will, he said.

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.

Well money is not easy to describe. It is easy to lose but it cannot be lost, and no one can get really get used to it.

It is better to lose and win, than win and be defeated.