I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.

An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves all trouble in future.