Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity a a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.

Men rush toward complexity; but yearn for simplicity.

Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.