It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

We must take our friends as they are.

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

I who have no sisters or brothers look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess but a friend loves the man himself.

What a curious creature is man With what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued Yet how easily is he disturbed and put out of order

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

A man must be strong in that profession, he must have vigor of body and mind, yet I am all out of breath if I walk up a hill; I have not the heart to crush even a fly.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is.

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.

Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

I think I had a more European outlook about the body and sex. The body is in no way dirty, and sex is something beautiful to give to and share with a lover. It has nothing to do with promiscuity, because I only believe in being in love with one man at a time.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.