Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places.

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it.

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

The friends who met here and embraced are gone, Each to his own mistake.

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he'll escape.

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.