Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.

When I ask for a water cress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.