Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination.

Cleverness becomes a public nuisance.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.