The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the man of absolute genius.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake.

There's no underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

I have often argued that a poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. I begin to suspect that there may be some truth in it.

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors; they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating.

Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.