No man has an appreciation so various that his judgment is good upon all varieties of literary work.

There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.

I am not an American. I am the American.

Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.

It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss.

No child should be permitted to grow up without exercise for imagination. It enriches life for him. It makes things wonderful and beautiful.

Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion