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

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

We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color.

He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.

A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.

I feel, like all modern Americans, no consciousness of sin and simply do not believe in it. All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell. That is a final fact of my inner consciousness, and for no religion could I deny its truth.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.