Our natural egoism leads us to judge people by their relations to ourselves. We want them to be certain things to us, and for us that is what they are; because the rest of them is no good to us, we ignore it.

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

The great trues are too important to be new.

Usage is the only test. I prefer a phrase that is easy and unaffected to a phrase that is grammatical.

When things are at their worst, I find something always happens.

I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity.

I promised myself that if ever I had some money that I would savor a cigar each day after lunch and dinner. This is the only resolution of my youth that I have kept, and the only realized ambition which has not brought disillusion.