Being the inventor of sex would seem to be a sufficient distinction for a creature just barely large enough to be seen by the naked eye.

The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away.

The most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires, and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy, but which it is powerless to enrich.

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.... Spring is too far away to comfort even by anticipation, and winter long ago lost the charm of novelty. This is the very three a.m. of the calendar.

Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.