If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.

He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to the universe.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.

America has a genius for the encouragement of fame.

Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic.

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.