The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

I am more than a devil; I am a man. I can do the one thing which Satan himself cannot do— I can die.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Mr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is the opposite of not funny and nothing else.

La mejor prueba de la cultura y la liberalidad de un hombre es su actitud ante las cosas que nunca sucedieron.