It is a great bond to dislike the same things.

Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.

Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own sake are their own justification.

The same battle in the clouds will be known to the deaf only as lightning and to the blind only as thunder.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.

In this world we must either institute conventional forms of expression or else pretend that we have nothing to express; the choice lies between a mask and a figleaf.