Ambition is the last refuge of failure. |
America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up |
America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself. |
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. |
An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship |
An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. |
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. |
An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young |
An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young |
An ordinary man away from home giving advice. |
And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed |
And now, I am dying beyond my means. [Sipping champagne on his deathbed] |
And the wild regrets and the bloody sweats None knew so well as I: That he who lives more lives than one, More deaths than one shall die. |
And, by the way, one of the most delightful things I find in America is meeting a people without prejudice -- everywhere open to the truth. |
Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested intellectual development |