The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
Life is one long process of getting tired.