Do not forget that small daily actions do or undo character.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

Life is like a box of terrible analogies.

It is love, and not German philosophy, that is the true explanation of the world, whatever may be the explanation of the next.

Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men.