It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once.

All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile; like people listening. And their smiles are just politeness.

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.