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 moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.

It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.

One's dreams must be big enough so as not to lose sight of them.