If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.

It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings.

One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

I have grown tired of the articulate utterances of men and things. The Mystical in Art, the Mystical in Life, the Mystical in Nature this is what I am looking for. It is absolutely necessary for me to find it somewhere.

Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.