An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction.

Men as a rule love with their eyes, woman with their ears.

Experience is a question of instinct about life.

The great events of the world take place in the brain.

To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.

I don't want to earn a living. I want to live.