I could come back to America..to die..but never, never to live.

If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them.

You wanted to look at life for yourself - but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.

The artist beholds in nature more than she herself Nature is conscious of.

Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete