When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins.

America is not a country, it is a world.

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.