After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.

New York: A third-rate Babylon.

There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death. We all come to that state soon or late. It is the curse of senility.

It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.

People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.

When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.

There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.