To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it. |
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. |
We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognize our qualities |
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. |
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. |
When yyou become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanized |
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. |
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. |
Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions. |