More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'

American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of youngsters are being prepared for careers they have little aptitude for - and little interest in except for dubious prestige.

Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.

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.