The first thing that struck me on landing in America was that if the Americans are not the most well-dressed people in the world, they are the most comfortably dressed.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

Even things that are true can be proved.

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.

He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.