The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.