One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls, to majestic mountains, and to mosques-especially to mosques.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.

Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?

I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.

We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.

A soiled baby with a neglected nose cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.