The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.

Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.

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.

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.

Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.