Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right.

A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.

No art ever survived censorship; no art ever will.

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.