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