I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

We are never more true to ourselves than when we are inconsistent.

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

I tried to visit Albania but I couldn't find it on the map.

As for modern journalism, it is not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarest.