So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall.

I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.

It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when they are not treated as they think they should be, will by well-directed shafts, constantly repeated, poison the minds of their patrons against those who have provoked their animosity. It is well to keep in with them.