Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

A tale from which pieces have been raked out is like a fire that has been poked. One does not know the operation has been performed, but everyone feels the effect.

Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie.

When man has come to the Turnstiles of Night, all the creeds in the world seem to him wonderfully alike and colorless.

If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.

And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that if once you have paid him the Dane-geld you never get rid of the Dane.

You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?