Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?

One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked.

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

One can translate an editorial but not a poem. For one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin; for, unlike clothes, one cannot get a new skin.

Sexual enlightenment is that hardhearted process which for hygienic reasons forbids young people to satisfy their curiosity themselves.

Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.