"After all," as a pretty girl once said to me, "women are a sex by themselves, so to speak."

Only the insane take themselves seriously.

Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.

Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less defend us from the beautiful spontaneous writer who puts his trust in the inspiration of the moment.