Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.

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.

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.

When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.