I have no sympathy for those who, under any pressure of circumstances, sacrifice their heart's-love for legal prostitution.

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.

Authorship has never been with me a matter of choice. I have not done it for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or for any reason but because I could not help it.

I have no sympathy for those who, under any pressure of circumstances, sacrifice their heart's-love for legal prostitution.

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

All people interested in their work are liable to overrate their vocation. There may be makers of dolls' eyes who wonder how society would go on without them.

Wherever the appearance of a conventional aristocracy exists in America, it must arise from wealth, as it cannot from birth. An aristocracy of mere wealth is vulgar everywhere. In a republic, it is vulgar in the extreme.