In the main, there are two sorts of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

Wherever I sit is the head of the table.

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

New York: A third-rate Babylon.

Richard Strauss--Old Home Week in Gomorrah