The full potentialities of human fury cannot be reached until a friend of both parties tactfully intervenes.

The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say.

Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song.

Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.

A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.