The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.