There are people whose society I find delicious; but when I sit alone and think of them I shudder.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope.

The great are eternally at the mercy of tiny men. And also, tiny madwomen.

I just remember celebrating my 18th birthday at home, so that was a big party.

When a passion is not realized ... it fades away, or becomes ideal worship--Dante--Petrarch--that sort of thing!

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

Mountain gorses, do ye teach us . . . . That the wisest word man reaches Is the humblest he can speak?

I think it's just easier for people to put you in a box or a lane because you look similar. I think that's unfair for anybody in any situation.

It is time for us Arabs and Muslims to formulate a committee of wise persons to bear the responsibility of engaging with this new American century.

You can't always hire great service providers, but you can create them.