Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.

Life is, if anything, the art of combination. Of discrimination. Of freely picking one's own personal pattern out of a hundred choices. Not letting it be picked for you—either by the Establishment, or by the Rebels. Conformity of Hip is no better than Conformity of Square.

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.

The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of license that distinguishes New York. It is rather, a lust of the total ego for recognition, even for eminence. More than elsewhere, everybody here wants to be somebody.