American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as English women are at concealing their past.

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market place of any single thing.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.