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