The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament.

It's not the world that's got so much worse but the news coverage that's got so much better.

A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.

Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.

If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.

Comradeship is obvious and universal and open; but it is only one kind of affection; it has characteristics that would destroy any other kind. Anyone who has known true comradeship in a club or in a regiment, knows that it is impersonal.