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

A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen.

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.

Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg

Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.