The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.

The music critic, Huneber, could never quite make up his mind about a new symphony until he had seen the composer's mistress.

The Americans are the illegitimate children of the English.

Wherever I sit is the head of the table.

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous.

The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the man of absolute genius.

Pedagogues: More than any other class of blind leaders of the blind they are responsible for the degrading standardization which now afflicts the American people.