Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.
In the city, the stars are dimmed by the lights. In the country, the lights dim in comparison to the stars.
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.
A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.
The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
The city's as cold and lonely as it is huge, and I'm just one small part of it lost in the crowd.