"He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed."

"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."

"In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous."

"The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back."

"Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect."

"An honest election, under democracy, is an act of innocence which does not take place more than once in the history of a given nation."

"Not greedy of filthy lucre."

"I would rather spend an hour among the notorious than two minutes with the dull."

"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on."

"... I said to myself that growing up really means slowing down."