Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones.

I judge people's charm by the ease with which I express myself in their presence.

To mis-quote is the very foundation of original style. The success of most writers is almost entirely due to continuous and courageous abuse of familiar misquotation.

Tea - that perfume that one drinks, that connecting hyphen.

With renunciation life begins.

... anything difficult to say must be shouted from the rooftops.

To those who ask if I have read their book, I reply: I have not yet read Homer.