Without peace, there is no freedom, individual or national. War and hostilities are a form of slavery.
Progress. There's a good deal too much o' this progress about nowadays, an', what's more, it'll have to stop.
Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but their power exists for good or evil.
the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.
Remorse. . . is one of the many afflictions for which time finds a cure.
The greatest mercy, I have often thought, of the Mediterranean coast lies in its mosquitoes. Did we not suffer from their unwelcome attention, we could not bear our holidays to end.
Everybody's tragedy is somebody's nuisance.
Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.
In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.
My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.
Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she's getting it right without the struggle.