There is a cultural taste which tries very hard to get rid of the lice in a fur coat. There is another which tolerates the lice and thinks the coat can be worn with them in it. And finally there is a taste which regards the lice as the most important thing about the coat and consequently places the coat at the lice's disposal.

A poem is good until one knows by whom it is.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

I have drawn from the well of language many a thought which I do not have and which I could not put into words.

In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.