Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list of beneficiaries and removing ourselves from the list of contributors, as if somewhere there was somebody else's effort on which we could thrive.

Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but certain principles must apply to this business of art as to any other business which affects the artistic tic sense of the community. Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.

Never take any notice of Anonymous letters, unless you get a few thousand on the same subject.

I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.