It's always difficult to make conversation with a drunk, and there's no denying it, the sober are at a disadvantage with him.

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes...

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.

Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.

When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.