No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

American art, like the American language and American education, was as far as possible sexless.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

If Washington were President now, he would have to learn our ways or lose his next election. Only fools and theorists imagine that our society can be handled with gloves or long poles. One must make one's self a part of it. If virtue won't answer our purpose, we must use vice, or our opponents will put us out of office, and this was as true in Washington's day as it is now, and always will be.

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.