Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.

If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

Emperors, kings, artisians, peasens, big people---at the bottom we are all alike and all the same; all just alike on the inside, and when our clothes are off, nobody can tell which of us is which.