To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.

Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil.

There are no new lies, no new heresies. Man is simply not that creative.

People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple; it is merely that the novel is more true than they are.

Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live.

Do not look at the faces in the illustrated papers. Look at the faces in the street.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.