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.
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
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.
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
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.
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.