What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.

I am put on my best behavior, which means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior.

The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.