No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manors, nor old country-houses, nor parsonages, nor thatched cottages nor ivied ruins no cathedrals, nor abbeys, nor little Norman churches no great Universities nor public schools -- no Oxford, nor Eton, nor Harrow no literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class -- no Epsom nor Ascot Some such list as that might be drawn up of the absent things in American life.

We work in the dark -- we do what we can -- we give what we have.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

If you haven't had your life what have you had?

Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.

Autobiography may be the preeminent kind of American expression.

When I am wicked I am in high spirits.