The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.

I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.

A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it.