We are taught words, not ideas.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.