I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, then Shanghai would not be burning.

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.

Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it.

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.

The press, that goiter of the world, swells up with the desire for conquest and bursts with the achievements which every day brings. A week has room for the boldest climax of the human drive for expansion.

A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards.

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