In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded....He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance. He has begun a prelude to larger themes. He is the herald to a new era. As a man he is the precursor of a fresh type. He is a factor in the heroic and spiritual evolution of the human being. If Poetry has passed him by, Philosophy will take note of him.

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.

Men become old, but they never become good.

One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

Whenever one has anything unpleasant to say, one should always be quite candid.

A gentleman never offends unintentionally