I gave my genius to my life, but my talent to my art.

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.

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

I can resist everything except temptation.

My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces false impression

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.