He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

And now, I am dying beyond my means. (Said while sipping champagne on his deathbed.)

A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.

I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.

The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.