It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts, and express themselves in varying forms-fortunately harmless forms as a rule.

Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He is beneath it.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

The spirit of wrath - not the words - is the sin; and the spirit of wrath is cursing. We begin to swear before we can talk.

I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.