You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.

A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking.

It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.

Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

flirtation ... is a graceful salute to sex, a small impermanent spark between one human being and another, between a man and a woman not in need of fire.

In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last.