A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

And though St. John saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators.

As long as the vision of heaven is always changing, the vision of earth will be exactly the same. No ideal will remain long enough to be realized, or even partly realized. The modern young man will never change his environment; for he will always change his mind.

Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of madness, because sanity is a spirit.

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.

The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.

Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.