An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.

Life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical condition of healthy life except fresh air. . . . It is a guzzling, lounging, gambling, dog's life. The only alternative to excitement is irritability.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out.

As 99 per cent of English authors and 100 per cent of American ones [authors] are just such imbeciles, managers and publishers make a practice of asking for every right the author possesses.