The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber

Nature is always behind the age

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1.322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26.911 words. The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.