I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.

There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.