Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

A person incapable of imaging another world than given to him by his senses would be subhuman, and a person who identifies his imaginary world with the world of sensory fact has become insane.

Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so.

To me Art's subject is the human clay, / And landscape but a background to a torso; / All Cezanne's apples I would give away / For one small Goya or a Daumier.

Without communication with the dead, a fully human life is not possible.