The worst slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves

Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for.

Friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.

True contentment is not having everything, but in being satisfied with everything you have.