Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me.

True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.

Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.