I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

No theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself

Never so sweet a repast as the Reaper's when you tread upon the threshold of a Quiznos.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.

To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.