They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth.

The blight of futility that lies in wait for men's speeches had fallen upon our conversation and made it a thing of empty sounds.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.