The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.

Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.

The only way in which a nation can make itself wealthy and prosperous is by good housekeeping: that is, by providing for its wants in the order of their importance, and allowing no money to be wasted on whims and luxuries until necessities have been thoroughly served.

The fact is that the intrinsic worth of the book, play or whatever the author is trying to sell is the least, last factor in the the whole transaction.

Time enough to think of the future when you haven't any future to think of.

Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin.