The Devil's walking parody; On all four-footed things.

Adventure is the champagne of life.

If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.

For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king.

Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame. If you draw a giraffe, you must draw him with a long neck. If in your bold creative way you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe.

The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.