Look at you in war...There has never been a just one, never an honorable one, on the part of the instigator of the war.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them from vinegar by the label.

Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.

The solution to our water problems is more rain.

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest?