Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.
Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.