It's not the world that's got so much worse but the news coverage that's got so much better.

The sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad.

The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is the man who lives in a tenth of the truth, and thinks it is the whole. The madman cannot conceive any cosmos outside a certain tale or conspiracy or vision.

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

The supreme adventure is being BORN

I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.