Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

It is a vulgar error to suppose that America was ever discovered. It was merely detected.

To be good is to be in harmony with one's self.

It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.

Bad manners make a journalist.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought and sold and bartered away.