A convention is an agreed-upon falsehood, a permitted lie.

The condition of leadership adds new degrees of solitariness to the basic solitude of mankind. Every order that we issue increases the extent to which we are alone, and every show of deference which is extended to us separates us from our fellows.

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to.

The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.

The best thing about animals is they don't talk much.

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.