As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.

The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.

Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers are comic but never amusing. Your Water Tower is a castellated monstrosity with pepperboxes stuck all over it. I am amazed that any people could so abuse Gothic art and make a structure not like a water tower but like a tower of a medieval castle. It should be torn down. It is a shame to spend so much money on buildings with such an unsatisfactory result. Your city looks positively dreary.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten.