Ignore death up to the last moment; then, when it can't be ignored any longer, have yourself squirted full of morphia and shuffle off in a coma. Thoroughly sensible, humane and scientific, eh?

Only times and places, only names and ghosts.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

We can't allow science to undo its own good work.

life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything

The innocence of those who grind the faces of the poor, but refrain from pinching the bottoms of their neighbour's wives! The innocence of Ford, the innocence of Rockefeller! The nineteenth century was the Age of Innocence--that sort of innocence. With the result that we're now almost ready to say that a man is seldom more innocently employed than when making love.

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.