I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops.

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.