Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'

When your opinions start to coincide with those of the majority, it is time to reconsider your opinions.

There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer.

I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.