Et lykkeligt ægteskab er et hus, der må bygges på ny hver dag.
Hver forretning, man foreslår mig, er en dårlig forretning, for hvis det var en god forretning, ville man ikke foreslå mig den.
Vi skylder middelalderen menneskehedens to værste opfindelser: romantisk kærlighed og krudtet.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
Business is a combination of war and sport.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised.
Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions.