It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.