A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

Some American delusions: 1) That there is no class-consciousness in the country. 2) That American coffee is good. 3) That Americans are business-like. 4) That Americans are highly-sexed and that redheads are more highly sexed than others.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.