America is one long expectoration.
If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.
Authority is quite degrading.
I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much