It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as I can see, nothing remains to be reported, except that I have become a foreigner. When you hear it, don't you believe it. And don't take the trouble to deny it. Merely just raise the American flag on our house in Hartford and let it talk.

The community is eminently Portuguese - that is to say, it is slow, poor, shiftless, sleepy, and lazy.

In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm.

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.

There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

We must look for our own blame to find our own personality.