Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage.

God, bless me with luxury. Necessities I can do without.

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.

You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?

An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.

To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.

The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.