All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.

The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of the mind.

If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times

There's no sin but stupidity.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.