Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary.

I spit into the face of time that has transfigured me

It is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion of the ancient Jewish book which says there is no wisdom without leisure.

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

Cast a cold eye on life, on death Horseman pass by

If I make the lashes dark And the eyes more bright And the lips more scarlet, Or ask if all be right From mirror after mirror, No vanity's displayed: I'm looking for the face I had Before the world was made.