The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later on, one sees the Gorgon's head, and one suffers, because it does not turn one to stone.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.

I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.