Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level.

Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.

Nature: a place where birds fly around uncooked

If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.

I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.

Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.