Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

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

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

Only good questions deserve good answers.

Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.

A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.

The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.