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

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.

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

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn!

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.

Insanity is just a state of mind.

Avoid people who say they know the answer. Keep the company of people who are trying to understand the question.

We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love.

I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.

Man has been driven out of the paradise in which he could trust his instincts.

Every powerful storm will help us to make a stronger shelter!

I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.

Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.