To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.