Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.
Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.
Nothing worth learning can ever be taught
The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade the classics into authorities. They use them as bludgeons for preventing the free expression of Beauty in new forms.