Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"