In art, there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts.

The essence of the expert is that his field shall be very special and narrow: one of the ways in which he inspires confidence is to rigidly limit himself to the little toe; he would scarcely venture an off-the-record opinion on an infected little finger.

Conformity may not always reign in the prosperous bourgeois suburb, but it ultimately always governs.

London ... remains a man's city where New York is chiefly a woman's. London has whole streets that cater to men's wants. It has its great solid phalanx of fortress clubs.

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice.

Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.