Democracy must be a sound scheme at bottom, else it would not survive such cruel strains.
Politics, as hopeful men practise it in the world, consists mainly of the delusion that a change in form is a change in substance.
There are no institutions in America: there are only fashions.
[Art is] an attempt to escape from life.
Christian - One who is willing to serve three Gods, but draws the line at one wife.
It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents.