Courage and fear were one thing too.

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

It is the nature of a man as he grows older, a small bridge intime, toprotest againstchange, particularlychangefor the better.

I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.

And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.

To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.