The best client is a scared millionaire.

Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong.

What is the professor's function? To pass on to numskulls a body of so-called knowledge that is fragmentary, unimportant, and largely untrue.

The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate.

I know of no human being who has a better time than an eager and energetic young reporter.

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.