Sticking to one woman is a small price to pay for so much as having seen one woman.

Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.

We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practicality and positivism only means that for certain dead levels of our life we forget that we have forgotten. All that we call spirit and art and ecstasy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forget.

Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.

It was not the house that grew dull, but I that grew dull in it. My wife was better than all women, and yet I could not feel it.