We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.

Those who search for truth are too conscious of the maze to be hard on others...

It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than to achieve themselves. Indirectly, by means of tact and a spotless name, a lady could accomplish much. But if she rushed into the fray herself she would be first censured, then despised, and finally ignored.

Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.

Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.