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

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

We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.

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.

He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water. But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.

As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.