Nothing is so deceptive as human reasoning, - nothing so slippery and reversible as what we have decided to call 'logic.' The truest compass of life is spiritual instinct.

What a fool cannot learn he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy.

An opinion which excites no opposition at all is not worth having!

Art is sexless; - good work is eternal, no matter whether it is man or woman who has accomplished it. ... Ah, but the world will never own woman's work to be great even if it be so, because men give the verdict, and man's praise is for himself and his own achievements always.

If we choose to be no more than clods of clay, then we shall be used as clods of clay for braver feet to tread on.

... though a dealer in meat, groceries, and other food stuffs may obtain compensation if his wares are wilfully misrepresented to the buying public, the purveyor of thoughts or ideas has no remedy when such thoughts or ideas are deliberately and purposefully falsified to the world through the press.

nobody ever intends to be old.