Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

The soul has to find and hold its ground against hostile forces, sometimes embodied in ideas which frequently deny its very existence, and which indeed often seem to be trying to annul it altogether.

Alternatives, and particularly desirable alternatives, grow only on imaginary trees.

I am more stupid about some things than others; not equally stupid in all directions; I am not a well-rounded person.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

She's very pretty but she's honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won't spread.

It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite.